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Look up: pter-

  1. pter-
    Ptero- ... Combining form meaning wing; feather. ... Origin: G. Pteron, wing, feather ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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  2. pter-
    Combining form meaning wing; feather. [G. pteron, wing, feather]
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  3. Pterafolk
    In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, most commonly the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, the `Pterafolk` are a race of humanoid pterosaur-like creatures, who have a magical ability to turns their wings into arms and back again when they wish. Pterafolk live in largely-inhospitable regions of Chult. They are a savage, tribal race, created by the sarrukh to serve as warriors, but their intractable nature proved too volatile for ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterafolk

  4. Pteralyxia
    `Pteralyxia` is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * `Pteralyxia kauaiensis`, Caum * `Pteralyxia macrocarpa`, (Hbd.) K. Schum. Category:Apocynaceae
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteralyxia

  5. Pteralyxia kauaiensis
    `Pteralyxia kauaiensis` (also called `Kauai Pteralyxia`) is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to the United States. Category:Flora of the United States It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteralyxia_

  6. Pteralyxia macrocarpa
    `Pteralyxia macrocarpa` (also called `Ridged Pteralyxia`) is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to the United States. Category:Flora of the United States It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteralyxia_

  7. Pteramon
    #redirect:List of Armor Digimon (Part 2)#Pteramon Category:Armor Digimon Category:Digimon Nature Spirits family Category:Digimon Wind Guardians family Category:Data Digimon Category:Redirects from Digimon
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  8. Pterandra
    `Pterandra` is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. `Pterandra` comprises 15 species of trees, shrubs, and subshrubs, all but one native to South America, principally Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil; the exception is from Panama.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterandra

  9. Pterandra isthmica
    `Pterandra isthmica` is a species of plant in the Malpighiaceae family. It is endemic to Panama. Category:Flora of Panama It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterandra_i

  10. Pteranodon
    (pronounced ter-AN-oh-don) Pteranodons were large, Cretaceous period pterosaurs , flying prehistoric reptiles. They were not dinosaurs. They were toothless hunters who scooped up fish from the seas. They were named by paleontologist O. Marsh in 1876.
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  11. Pteranodon
    Pteranodon was a flying reptile of the cretaceous period. It had a wing span of 7m and fed on sea fish.
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  12. Pteranodon
    Pte·ran'o·don noun [ Greek ... wing + ... priv. + ..., ..., a tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/188

  13. pteranodon
    <paleontology> A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more. ... Origin: Gr. Wing + priv. +, a tooth. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  14. Pteranodon
    `Pteranodon` , from the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Campanian, 89.3-70.6 million years ago) of North America (Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota) was one of the largest pterosaur genera, with a wingspan of up to .
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteranodon

  15. Pteranodon
    • (n.) A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more.
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  16. Pteranodon
    flying reptile (pterosaur) found as fossils in North American deposits dating from about 90 million to 100 million years ago during the Late ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/128

  17. Pteranodontia
    Pte·ran`o·don'ti·a noun plural [ New Latin ] (Paleon.) A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genus Pteranodon .
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  18. pteranodontia
    <paleontology> A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genus Pteranodon. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  19. Pteranodontia
    • (n. pl.) A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genus Pteranodon.
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  20. Pteranodontidae
    `Pteranodontidae` is a family of large pterosaurs of the Cretaceous Period of North America. Many pteranodontids had a distinctive, elongated crest jutting from the rear of the head (most famously seen in `Pteranodon` itself). The spectacularly-crested `Nyctosaurus` is often included in this family, though originally placed in its own family, the Nyctosauridae (Williston, 1903).
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteranodont

  21. Pteras
    The `Pteras` (originally named the `Pterasu`) is a type of Zoid, a race of mechanical lifeforms from the fictional `Zoids` universe.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteras

  22. pteraspid
    pteraspid Extinct jawless fish abundant in lower Devonian times. Pteraspids has massive plated head shields, which could be almost as long as the rest of the body; scaly tails; and only one fin; the tail, or caudal, fin. They are belived to have lived at the bottom of shallow seas, scooping up small invertebrates with their mouth plates.
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  23. Pteraspidomorphi
    `Pteraspidomorphi` is an extinct subclass of early jawless fish. The fossils show extensive shielding of the head. Some species may have lived in fresh water. The taxon contains the subgroups Heterostraci, Astraspida, Arandaspida and Eriptychiida.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteraspidom

  24. Pteraspis
    `Pteraspis` is an extinct genus of primitive jawless fish that lived in the Devonian period. Like other heterostracan fishes, `Pteraspis` had a protective armored plating covering the front of its body. Though lacking fins beyond its lobed tail, it is thought to have been a good swimmer thanks to stiff, wing-like protrusions derived from its branchial plates (the parts of their armor that covered their gills). This, along with the horn-like `ro...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteraspis

  25. Pteraspis
    genus of extinct jawless fishlike vertebrates found as fossils in Early Devonian rocks (those 387 to 408 million years old) in North America and ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/128


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