pter– {feather, wing}: apterous, apteryx, brachypterous, Chiroptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, helicopter, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Isoptera, Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, ornithopter, pterodactyl, pterosaur, Siphonoptera, Trichoptera ●accipiter ||  Gr pteron : wing, feather IE *pet– : to rush, to fly

* Unattested, hypothesized
† Unknown origin

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