ˌtenəˈgläsə, ˌtēn-, -lȯsə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ptēnos winged (akin to Greek petesthai to fly) + New Latin -glossa — more at feather
in some classifications : a division of Pectinibranchia comprising the gastropod families Janthinidae and Epitoniidae in which the median tooth is very small or wanting and the lateral teeth are strong and hooked and largest at the outside of each row
• pteno·glos·sate | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ˌsāt, -_sə̇t adjective