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pterygiate

pterygiate adjective: having a pterygium or pterygia.

Adjective

pterygiate (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having a pterygium or pterygia.

Origin of pterygiate

From pterygi(um) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, pteryg- + -i- + -ate.

Questions about pterygiate

What does pterygiate mean?
Pterygiate means having a pterygium or pterygia.
What part of speech is pterygiate?
Pterygiate is an adjective.

Words near pterygiate in the dictionary

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

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