-pterus
noun combining form
-p·ter·us
pt(ə)rəs
: one having (such) wings or winglike structures —in generic names
ChaetopterusTrachypterus
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek -pteros -pterous
- luteinized
- luteinizes
- luteinizing
- luteinizing hormone
- luteinizing hormone-releasing factor
- luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone
- luteins
- lutenist
- lutenists
- luteo-
- luteofulvous
- luteofuscous
- luteolins
- luteolous
- luteorufescent
- luteotrophic
- luteotrophic hormone
- nail-biter
- nail-biters
- nail-biting
- nail-headed
- nail-headed molding
- nail-scissors
- nail-tail
- nail-tailed kangaroo