Dictionary entry

Cheiropterygium

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Chei‐rop′te‐ryg″i‐um (?), n.; pl.Cheiropterygia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. χείρ hand + πτέρυξ, πτέρυγοσ wing, fin.] (Anat.) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.