WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pte•ron
(ter′on),USA pronunciation n. [Archit.]
- Architecture(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Architecturethe space between this and the cella.
- Greek pterón literally, wing
- Latin
- 1840–50
'pteron' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
apterous
- coleopteran
- helicopter
- hemipteran
- heteropterous
- homopterous
- lepidopteran
- ptarmigan
- ptero-
- -pterous
- tetrapterous
- trichopteran
- feather
- lepidopteron
- pterido-
- pterion
- pteroma
- tripteral