Usually means: Wing, fin, or feather-like structure.
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  8. pteron: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Pteron: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. pteron: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. -pteron: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. pteron: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

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▸ noun:  (architecture) A peristyle raised on a podium, differing from an ordinary peristyle raised only on a stylobate.

Similar:
peristylium, peristyle, pentastyle, peristasis, pilastrade, periptery, lysis, propylon, crepidoma, presbyterium, more...

Opposite:
aptonia, apterous, atonic

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Similar:
peristylium, peristyle, pentastyle, peristasis, pilastrade, periptery, lysis, propylon, crepidoma, presbyterium, more...

Opposite:
aptonia, apterous, atonic



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