Crossword-Solution: PTERON
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pteron | n. | The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PTERON | anagram | PERTON, REPTON |
We have 3 clues for the answer “PTERON”
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| Feather: Greek. | 1 answer |
| GREEK wing | 1 answer |
| WING (Gk.) | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EATRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PTERON (5)
The fossil fish are numerous and very perfect; but they are of a peculiar type, called _Ischypterus,_ by Sir Philip Egerton, from the great size and strength of the fulcral rays of the dorsal fin, from ischus, strength, and pteron, a fin.
Yes, John, the word "hemiptera" comes from two Greek words, _hemi_, meaning half, and, as you know, _pteron_, meaning a wing.
The name of the insect order to which they both belong is Neuroptera, from _neuron_, a nerve, and _pteron_--who remembers what _pteron_ means? Yes, a wing.
The name of the order to which they belong is Trichoptera, from _pteron_, a wing, and _thrix_, a hair.
See Para-, and Pteron.] (Zoöl.) Defn: A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and metathorax of certain insects.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1959).