| 释义 |
ptere Zool.|ptɪə(r), tɪə(r)|
[a. F. ptère, ad. Gr. πτερόν feather, wing.]
A wing-like organ or part; spec. in sponges, A lobe of the prora, pleura, or tropis of a cymba.
1887Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 418/1 (Sponges) By growing towards the equator the opposed proral and pleural pteres may conjoin. |