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• -pteran

  combining form indicating a specified number or type of wings dipterous word origin from greek -pteros, from pteron wing

• -pterous

  a combining form meaning “having wings” of the kind or number specified: dipterous. -pterous combining form indicating a specified number or type of wings dipterous word origin from greek -pteros, from pteron wing

• -rama

  variant of -orama, occurring as the final element in compounds when the first element is disyllabic and does not end in -r, used so that the entire word maintains the same number of syllables as panorama: cinerama; telerama. -rama noun suffix meaning “spectacular display or instance of,” 1824, abstracted from panorama, ultimately from gk. horama […]

• -raphy

  variant of -rraphy.

• -red

  a native english suffix, denoting condition, formerly used in the formation of nouns: hatred; kindred.

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