πτερύγιο

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion), diminutive of πτέρυξ (ptérux) (whence Greek πτέρυγα (ptéryga)).

Noun

πτερύγιο • (pterýgio) n (plural πτερύγια)

  1. fin, flipper (of fish)
  2. (by extension) mechanical part resembling a fin
  3. (by extension) blade of a propeller
  4. (anatomy) auricle (of the ear), pinna

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