amphiptere
English
editEtymology
editUltimately from Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “amphi-”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Noun
editamphiptere (plural amphipteres)
- (heraldry, fantasy) A type of winged serpent, with two bat-like wings and typically with no other limbs.
- 1969, John Vinycomb, Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN:
- Azure, an amphiptere or, rising between two mountains argent, are the arms of Camoens, the Portuguese poet.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:amphiptere.