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protoptile

protoptile noun: a feather in the first set of down in a bird that has two such sets.

Noun

protoptile (plural protoptiles)

  1. A feather in the first set of down in a bird that has two such sets

Forms of protoptile

pluralprotoptiles

Questions about protoptile

What does protoptile mean?
Protoptile means a feather in the first set of down in a bird that has two such sets.
What part of speech is protoptile?
Protoptile is a noun.
What is the plural of protoptile?
The plural of protoptile is protoptiles.

Words near protoptile in the dictionary

  1. protopsychologist
  2. protopsychologists
  3. protopsychology
  4. protopterid
  5. protopterids
  6. protoptile
  7. protoptiles
  8. protopunk
  9. protoracism
  10. protoracisms
  11. protoracist

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