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tripterous

tripterous adjective: having three wings or wing-like structures.

Adjective

tripterous (comparative more tripterous, superlative most tripterous)

  1. Having three wings or wing-like structures.
    Synonyms:
    trialate

Synonyms of tripterous

Forms of tripterous

comparativemore tripterous
superlativemost tripterous

Origin of tripterous

From tri- + -pterous.

Questions about tripterous

What does tripterous mean?
Tripterous means having three wings or wing-like structures.
What part of speech is tripterous?
Tripterous is an adjective.

Words near tripterous in the dictionary

  1. triptan
  2. triptane
  3. triptanes
  4. triptans
  5. tripterine
  6. tripterous
  7. tripterygiid
  8. tripterygiids
  9. Tripti
  10. triptich
  11. triptichs

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