English words starting with pt - page 1

Meanings of Pterocarpus:

noun

A genus of tropical trees of the family fabaceae (leguminosae) noted for their broadly winged circular fruits and including many kinds valued for their hard, often red, wood, such as the padauks (pterocarpus dalbergioides, p. soyauxii, etc.) and p. indicus, the source of amboyna wood; (also pterocarpus) a tree of this genus.

Meanings of Pterodactyl:

noun

A pterosaur of the late jurassic period, with a long slender head and neck and a very short tail.

Usage examples:

Other anatomical features, such as attachment points for powerful neck muscles, support the idea th…

Meanings of Pterodactylian:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the genus pterodactylus or the family pterodactylidae; resembling a pterodactyl.

Meanings of Pterodactylic:

adjective

Resembling a pterodactyl.

Meanings of Pterodactylid:

noun

A pterosaur of the family pterodactylidae.

Meanings of Pterodactyloid:

adjective

Having the form or character of a pterodactyl; specifically belonging to the suborder or superfamily pterodactyloidea of pterosaurs of the late jurassic and the cretaceous, characterized by a long neck and a small or vestigial tail.

noun

A pterodactyloid pterosaur.

Meanings of Pterodactylous:

adjective

Of the nature of a pterodactyl; (figurative) antiquated, out of date.

Meanings of Pterodactyls:

noun

A pterosaur of the late jurassic period, with a long slender head and neck and a very short tail.

Usage examples:

Other anatomical features, such as attachment points for powerful neck muscles, support the idea th…

Meanings of Pteroid:

adjective

Having the characteristics of a fern of the genus pteris or the family pteridaceae; resembling a fern, filicoid.

noun

A pteroid fern.

Meanings of Pteroma:

noun

The walkway between the cella of a greek or roman temple and the surrounding colonnade.

Meanings of Pteropid:

adjective

= pteropodid .

noun

= pteropodid .

Meanings of Pteropine:

adjective

Of or relating to the genus pteropus of old world fruit bats (family pteropodidae), which comprises the flying foxes.

Meanings of Pteropod:

noun

A sea butterfly.

Usage examples:

These all feed on pteropods, or sea butterflies, one of the species most threatened by rising acidi…

Meanings of Pteropoda:

noun

A former class or order of pelagic opisthobranch molluscs comprising the pteropods (sea butterflies). with plural agreement (also pteropoda): the members of this class collectively.

Meanings of Pteropodial:

adjective

Designating the winglike lobes of the foot of a pteropod. also (of a mollusc): having a foot with winglike lobes; that is a pteropod.

Meanings of Pteropods:

noun

A sea butterfly.

Usage examples:

These all feed on pteropods, or sea butterflies, one of the species most threatened by rising acidi…

Meanings of Pteropus:

noun

A genus of large fruit-eating bats comprising most of the flying foxes; a bat of this genus, a flying fox.

Meanings of Pterosaur:

noun

A fossil flying reptile of the jurassic and cretaceous periods, with membranous wings supported by a greatly lengthened fourth finger.

Usage examples:

The genus pteranodon includes several species of large pterosaurs from the cretaceous period in nor…

Meanings of Pterosaurian:

noun

A pterosaur.

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of pterosaurs or the order pterosauria.

Meanings of Pterostigma:

noun

A pigmented spot on the anterior margin of the wings of certain insects that is denser than the surrounding (typically transparent) parts of the wing and influences the motion of the wing membrane during flight.

Meanings of Pterostigmal:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characterized by a pterostigma.

Meanings of Pterotheca:

noun

The part of the pupal skin of an insect that covers the wings.

Meanings of Pterotic:

noun

A bone in the upper posterior part of the skull in many fishes and some other lower vertebrates, often bearing a distinct crest or flange; a corresponding element in the wall of the auditory capsule in some other vertebrate groups.

adjective

Designating, relating to, or corresponding to this bone or element.

Meanings of Pterygium:

noun

An abnormal triangular growth of fibrovascular tissue beneath the bulbar conjunctiva of the eye, typically having its base at the medial canthus and its apex towards or into the cornea, and often associated with excessive exposure to ultraviolet light.

Meanings of Pterygiums:

noun

An abnormal triangular growth of fibrovascular tissue beneath the bulbar conjunctiva of the eye, typically having its base at the medial canthus and its apex towards or into the cornea, and often associated with excessive exposure to ultraviolet light.