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pteropodine

pteropodine adjective: of or pertaining to the flying foxes and similar bats of the subfamily Pteropodinae.

Adjective

pteropodine (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the flying foxes and similar bats of the subfamily Pteropodinae

Noun

pteropodine (plural pteropodines)

  1. Such a bat
  2. An oxindole, obtained from certain plants of the genus Uncaria, thought to have therapeutic properties; uncarine

Forms of pteropodine

pluralpteropodines

Questions about pteropodine

What does pteropodine mean?
Pteropodine means of or pertaining to the flying foxes and similar bats of the subfamily Pteropodinae.
What part of speech is pteropodine?
Pteropodine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pteropodine in the dictionary

  1. pteropleuron
  2. pteropod
  3. pteropod ooze
  4. pteropodid
  5. pteropodids
  6. pteropodine
  7. pteropodines
  8. pteropodous
  9. pteropods
  10. pteropsin
  11. pteropsins

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