ptero-, pter-, -ptera, -pteron, -pteryx, -ptery, -pterous

Any of various insects having leathery fore wings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouth parts.

Relating to the order Orthoptera of primitive winged insects such as cockroaches, locusts, mantises, and crickets.

A reference to a classical temple or other structure which has a single row of columns on all sides.

1. Any of various small, mostly tailless, extinct flying reptiles of the order Pterosauria that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
2. Etymology: from the Modern Latin genus name, from Greek pteron, "wing" + daktylos, "finger".

Having the tongue finely notched along the sides, so as to have a featherlike appearance, as the toucans (fruit-eating birds of tropical America).