English words starting with pte

Meanings of Pte:

abbreviation

Private (in the army).

Meanings of Ptenoglossa:

adjective

Of the radula of a gastropod: having no median teeth but a large number of lateral teeth resembling the barbs of a feather. of a gastropod: having such a radula; belonging to a taxon ptenoglossa so characterized (variously ranked between superfamily and order).

Meanings of Ptenoglossate:

adjective

Of the radula of a gastropod: having no median teeth but a large number of lateral teeth resembling the barbs of a feather. of a gastropod: having such a radula; belonging to a taxon ptenoglossa so characterized (variously ranked between superfamily and order).

Meanings of Pteranodon:

noun

A large tailless pterosaur of the cretaceous period, with a long toothless beak, a long bony crest, and a wingspan of up to 7 m.

Usage examples:

The breast-bone of pteranodon was relatively small, restricting the size of flight muscles, so pres…

Meanings of Pteranodont:

noun

A large tailless pterosaur of the family pteranodontidae, having a long toothless beak; especially one of the genus pteranodon.

Meanings of Pteraspid:

noun

An armoured, jawless fossil fish (ostracoderm) of the family pteraspididae (formerly pteraspidae), found in rocks of the silurian and devonian periods.

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the family pteraspididae.

Meanings of Pteraspis:

noun

A genus of armoured jawless fossil fishes (ostracoderms) of the lower devonian with the anterior end enclosed by a shield of bony plates; a fish of this genus.

Meanings of Pterichthys:

noun

A former genus of placoderm fishes of the devonian period (now called pterychthyodes) having wing-like pectoral appendages encased in bony plates; a fish of this genus.

Meanings of Pteridoid:

adjective

Of a plant: (originally) †belonging or allied to the ferns (obsolete); (now) specifically belonging to the subfamily pteridoideae (family pteridaceae).

noun

A fern, especially one belonging to the subfamily pteridoideae.

Meanings of Pteridology:

noun

The study of ferns and related plants.

Usage examples:

His fields of interest include systematic botany, speciation, and pteridology.

Meanings of Pteridophyta:

plural noun

A division of flowerless green plants that comprises the ferns and their relatives.

Usage examples:

Consider the ‘pteridophyta’ (vascular plants that reproduce by spores) are they a monophyletic grou…

Meanings of Pteridophyte:

noun

A flowerless green plant of the division pteridophyte, which comprises the ferns and their relatives.

Usage examples:

H. potonié first hypothesized the existence of a group of such transitional plants between pteridop…

Meanings of Pteridophytes:

noun

A flowerless green plant of the division pteridophyte, which comprises the ferns and their relatives.

Usage examples:

H. potonié first hypothesized the existence of a group of such transitional plants between pteridop…

Meanings of Pteridophytic:

adjective

Belonging or relating to the pteridophyta.

Meanings of Pteridosperm:

noun

A fossil plant which is intermediate between the ferns and seed-bearing plants, dying out in the triassic period.

Usage examples:

The idea that cycads stem from carboniferous so-called pteridosperms (‘seed ferns’ or seed plants w…

Meanings of Pteridospermous:

adjective

Of, or relating to,or characteristic of a pteridosperm.

Meanings of Pterin:

noun

A substituted derivative of pteridine; especially any of a class of these compounds which occur naturally as insect pigments.

Meanings of Pterins:

noun

A substituted derivative of pteridine; especially any of a class of these compounds which occur naturally as insect pigments.

Meanings of Pterion:

noun

The region of the side of the skull where the sutures between the sphenoid, parietal, frontal, and temporal bones are located, typically arranged in a pattern resembling the letter h.

Meanings of Pteris:

noun

Originally: †bracken, pteridium aquilinum (formerly pteris aquilina) (obsolete). in later use (in form pteris): a genus of ferns, now comprising largely tropical and subtropical species but formerly including bracken; (also in form pteris) a fern of this genus (also "pteris fern").

Meanings of Pterobranchiate:

adjective

Pterobranch.

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.