amphiptere

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Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, amphi-) +‎ πτερόν (pterón, wing).

Noun

amphiptere (plural amphipteres)

  1. (heraldry, fantasy) A type of winged serpent, with two bat-like wings and typically with no other limbs.
    • 1969, John Vinycomb, Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN:
      Azure, an amphiptere or, rising between two mountains argent, are the arms of Camoens, the Portuguese poet.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:amphiptere.

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