/ter"i goht'/ , adj.
belonging or pertaining to the arthropod subclass Pterygota, comprising the winged insects.
Also, pterygotous /teuh rig"euh teuhs/ .
[ 1875-80; Pterygota pterýgota, neut. pl. of PTERYGOTÓS winged, deriv. of pteryg- (s. of ptéryx ) wing ]