pterotic (terotik)

and n. [ II. n. A pterotic o ification. See first cut under teleost and cut under Esox . Pterotrachea (ter"ō-tra-kē'ä), n . [NL. (Forskål), τραχύς , fem. τραχεῖα , rough: see trachea .] The typical genus of Ptero tracheidæ. Also called Firola . Pterotracheacea (ter-ō-tra-ke-a'sē-a), n. pl. [NL., Pterotrachea + -acca.] The Pterotrache idæ considered as a suborder of heteropods. Pterotracheidæ (ter"ō-tra-kē'i-dē), n. pl. [NL. (J. E. Gray, 1840), genus Pterotra che a. Different limits have been a igned to it. By some it is extended to all the hetero pods with the bran chiæ carried in a dorsal peduncle and protected by a small or no shell, and the mesopodi un lamelliform. Pterotrachea pedunculata. By others it is limited to Pterotrachea and Firoloides, having the visceral hump, reduced to a mere oval sac, embedded in the posterior region of the body, no shell, and a cylindrical slug-like form. Also called Firolidæ and, as a suborder, Pterotracheacea. [NL. Pterosaur i a + -idæ.] A family of pterodactyls, of the order Pterosaur i a, with teeth and separate scapula and coracoid bones. It is represented by such genera as Pterodactyl us, Rhamphorhynchus, and Dimorphodon, from the Jura ic formation. Also PteroPterospermum (ter-ō-spermum), n. (Schreber, 1789), roptera, Frugivora, or fruit-eating bats, of the tropical and subtropical parts of the Old World. They are generally of large size, with the tail excluded from the interfemoral membrane when present, little or no spigelian lobe of the liver but a large caudate lobe, the cardiac end of the stomach generally elongated, the index finger with three phalanges and usually a claw, and the molar cr crowns smooth. The family contains about 8 genera, of which the best-known are Pteropus, Epomophorus, and Harpyia. It is sometimes divided into Pteropi and Macro glo i. Also called Pteropidæ. See also cut under Pteropus. pteropodium (ter-ō-pō'di-um), n.; pl. pteropo dia (-a). [NL.,