pteropine
/ˈtɛrəpʌɪn/Zoology. Now rare
adjective
Of or relating to the genus Pteropus of Old World fruit bats (family Pteropodidae), which comprises the flying foxes.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. From Pteropus + -ine, originally after scientific Latin Pteropina, former tribe name.
- heterodoxy
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- heterogametic
- heterogamous
- heterogamy
- heterogeneity
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- heterogeneously
- heterogeneousness
- heterogenous
- heteroglossia
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- heterograft
- heterogynous
- heterokont
- heterologous
- heterology
- heterolysis
- heterolytic
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