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stegopterous

stegopterous adjective: keeping the wings deflexed when at rest.

Adjective

stegopterous (not comparable)

  1. Keeping the wings deflexed when at rest.

Questions about stegopterous

What does stegopterous mean?
Stegopterous means keeping the wings deflexed when at rest.
What part of speech is stegopterous?
Stegopterous is an adjective.

Words near stegopterous in the dictionary

  1. stegodontids
  2. stegodonts
  3. stegognathous
  4. stegokrotaphic
  5. stegokrotaphy
  6. stegopterous
  7. stegos
  8. stegosaur
  9. stegosauri
  10. stegosaurian
  11. stegosaurians

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