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- Ancient Greek · derived from-κλῆς“fame, glory”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτερόν“wing, feather”
- English todaypteroclid
From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing, feather”) + Ancient Greek -κλῆς (-klês, “fame, glory”) + -id.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπτερόν all →
pterodactylpterosaurpteranodonapteriummegalopterousperipterperipterousperiptery-pterptericpterionptero-pteroidpteronpteronophobiapteropodpterostigmapterotic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.