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pterygial

pterygial adjective: of or pertaining to the pterygium.

Adjective

pterygial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the pterygium

Origin of pterygial

From pterygium + -al.

Questions about pterygial

What does pterygial mean?
Pterygial means of or pertaining to the pterygium.
What part of speech is pterygial?
Pterygial is an adjective.

Words near pterygial in the dictionary

  1. pteruge
  2. pteruges
  3. pterulaceous
  4. pteryg-
  5. pterygia
  6. pterygial
  7. pterygiate
  8. pterygiophore
  9. pterygiophores
  10. pterygium
  11. pterygiums

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