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-ptera

noun combining form
-p·​tera | \ -pt(É™)rÉ™\

Definition of -ptera

: organism or organisms having (such or so many) wings or winglike parts —in taxonomic names especially in zoology HemipteraPhysaloptera

History and Etymology for -ptera

New Latin, from Greek, neuter plural of -pteros -pterous

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