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pteropine

pteropine adjective: of or pertaining to flying foxes (bats of the genus Pteropus).

Adjective

pteropine (not comparable)

  1. of or pertaining to flying foxes (bats of the genus Pteropus).

Noun

pteropine (plural pteropines)

  1. a flying fox

Forms of pteropine

pluralpteropines

Questions about pteropine

What does pteropine mean?
Pteropine means of or pertaining to flying foxes (bats of the genus Pteropus).
What part of speech is pteropine?
Pteropine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pteropine in the dictionary

  1. pterophorids
  2. pterophyte
  3. pterophytes
  4. pteropid
  5. pteropids
  6. pteropine
  7. pteropines
  8. pteropleural
  9. pteropleuron
  10. pteropod
  11. pteropod ooze

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