The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . that ofPieriti rapie. Pteromys (tero-mis), 11. [NL. (G. Cuvier,1800), <:, mouse.] Agenus otSciuridee; the flying-squirrels, (a) Firstused in 1800 by G. Cuvier to include all the siiuurclswhich have a patagium or parachute. (&) Restricted in1825 by 1-. Cuvier to the large flying-squiirels of sotUhernAsia and the Indian archipelago, having the tail terete andbusily, postorbital processes highly developed, and severalother cranial and dental characters diiTer
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . that ofPieriti rapie. Pteromys (tero-mis), 11. [NL. (G. Cuvier,1800), <:, mouse.] Agenus otSciuridee; the flying-squirrels, (a) Firstused in 1800 by G. Cuvier to include all the siiuurclswhich have a patagium or parachute. (&) Restricted in1825 by 1-. Cuvier to the large flying-squiirels of sotUhernAsia and the Indian archipelago, having the tail terete andbusily, postorbital processes highly developed, and severalother cranial and dental characters diiTereiit from thoseof the small flat-tailed fly ing-S(|Uin-els of Europe and Am er-ica called Sciuropterus. pteron (teron), II.; (-ra). [< Gr. mepov,wing, side-iow of colimms: see ptere.] In rcA. and (/r(7iaoL,arange of columns; a portico. Pteronura (ter-o-nura). n. [NL. (.7. E. Gray,1837), prop. Pteriira, < Gr. ir-epov, wing, + ohpa,tail.] A South American genus of otters of thefamily Mustelidie and suVifamily Lntriiiie, hav-ing the tail alate, or margined with a flange-like. Pti:rcinalus pitparuiit. 17, male ; ^.female.(Lines stiow natural sizes.) Pteropoda fold orridge on each side. The tj-pe is P. xuiid-baclii, known as the margin-tailed otter. AlsoPier lira. Pteropaedes (ter-o-pedez), 7i.})l. [NL.,< ; feather, wing, 4- jro^f (7ra/<(-), child.]Those birds which are fledged ami able to flywhen hatched, as the mound-birds. ComparePtiloimylcs. pteropaedic (ter-o-pedlk), a. [< Pteropsed-fx+ -(?<•.] Having the characters of the Ptero-peedes. Pteropappi (ter-o-papi), [NL., < Gr. -rr-pin; feather, wing, + -limrnr, down: see jinp-;)«.«.] A rare sj-nonwn of OdoHtoforinir. pterope (terop), «. [< NL. Plrropiis, q. v.] Afruit-liat or flying-fox: a member of the genusPleropns in a broad sense. pteropegal (ter-o-pegal), a. [<pteropeg-uni +-(/.] Pertaining to the pteropegum, or havingits character. pteropegum (ter-o-pegum), n.; pi
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