cheiropterygium

English

Etymology

From New Latin cheiropterygium, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερύγιον (pterúgion, “wing, fin”).

Noun

cheiropterygium (plural cheiropterygia)

1. (anatomy) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cheiropterygium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)