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There are 8 twelve-letter words ending with PTEROUS

CHIROPTEROUS	• CHIROPTEROUS adj. relating to the Chiroptera, bats.
COLEOPTEROUS	• coleopterous adj. Of or pertaining to beetles of the order Coleoptera. • COLEOPTEROUS adj. pertaining to beetles and weevils; having hard anterior wings.
MACROPTEROUS	• macropterous adj. Having long wings or fins. • MACROPTEROUS adj. having large wings or fins.
MICROPTEROUS	• micropterous adj. (Entomology) Having small, sometimes merely vestigial, wings. • MICROPTEROUS adj. having small wings or fins.
NEUROPTEROUS	• neuropterous adj. Dated form of neuropteral. • NEUROPTEROUS adj. pertaining or belonging to insect order including lacewing flies.
ORTHOPTEROUS	• orthopterous adj. (Zoology) Belonging to the Orthoptera. • ORTHOPTEROUS adj. pertaining or belonging to insect order including grasshoppers, crickets, etc.
PLECOPTEROUS	• PLECOPTEROUS adj. of or like the Plecoptera, stoneflies.
TETRAPTEROUS	• tetrapterous adj. (Entomology) Having four (two pairs of) wings. • TETRAPTEROUS adj. having four wings, also TETRAPTERAN.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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