Word Meanings - CHEIROPTERYGIUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.
Related words: (words related to CHEIROPTERYGIUM)
- HIGHER-UP
A superior officer or official; -- used chiefly in pl. - HIGHERING
Rising higher; ascending. In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson. - TYPICAL
Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus. -- Typ"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Typ"ic*al*ness, n. (more info) 1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; - PENTADACTYLOID
Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb. - HIGHER THOUGHT
See BELOW - HIGHER CRITICISM
Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism. The comparison of the Hebrew and Greek texts - SUBTYPICAL
Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant. - ATYPIC; ATYPICAL
That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type. - ETYPICAL
Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type. - HOMOTYPIC; HOMOTYPICAL
See HOMOTYPAL - ARCHETYPICAL
Relating to an archetype; archetypal. - PHONOTYPIC; PHONOTYPICAL
Of or pertaining to phonotypy; as, a phonotypic alphabet. - ANTITYPICAL
Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. -- An`ti*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.