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stenopterous

stenopterous adjective: having narrow wings.

Adjective

stenopterous (comparative more stenopterous, superlative most stenopterous)

  1. (rare) Having narrow wings.

Forms of stenopterous

comparativemore stenopterous
superlativemost stenopterous

Origin of stenopterous

From steno- + -pterous.

Questions about stenopterous

What does stenopterous mean?
Stenopterous means having narrow wings.
What part of speech is stenopterous?
Stenopterous is an adjective.

Words near stenopterous in the dictionary

  1. stenopodids
  2. stenopsocid
  3. stenopsocids
  4. stenopsychid
  5. stenopsychids
  6. stenopterous
  7. stenopterygiid
  8. stenopterygiids
  9. stenos
  10. Stenoscript
  11. stenose

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