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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A type of winged serpent, with two bat-like wings and typically with no other limbs.

   "Azure, an amphiptere or, rising between two mountains argent, are the arms of Camoens, the Portuguese poet."

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"Azure, an amphiptere or, rising between two mountains argent, are the arms of Camoens, the Portuguese poet."

Etymology

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

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