brachypterous
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
pter
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
brachypterous
having short or incompletely developed wings as certain insects
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Dissection of brachypterous
brachypterous = brachy (short) + pter (wing) + -ous (suffix for adjective, having)
having short wing
Now Repeat my Dissection
having short wing
Important roots for this word:
brachy
pter
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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