pterygo-, pteryg-

(Greek: wing)

acanthopterygian

Any of a large group of fishes with bony skeletons and hard, spiny rays in the dorsal and anal fins; including the sunfish, perch, bass, porgy, mackeral, and swordfish.

actinopterygian

Actinopterygii

apterygial

Apterygota

apterygotosis

archipterygium

Cheiropterygia, Chiropterygia (pl)

Plural forms of Cheiropterygium and Chiropterygium.

cheiropterygium

Cheiropterygium, Chiropterygium (s)

The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.

chieropterygium, chiropterygium

Any typical limb on a vertebrate, thought to have evolved from a finlike extension.

Endopterygota

endopterygote

entopterygoid

Exopterygota

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(Greek: wing)

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