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The Letters Pter Occur in the Names of Many Insect

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The letters pter occur in the names of many insect groups. Can you discover the Greek word that is the root of this nomenclature? (Hint: The same word is the root name for a well-known dinosaur group, the pterodactyls.) Most good dictionaries give the meanings of word prefixes and roots; using such a dictionary, determine the meaning of the following names of insect groups:
Apterygota
Ephemeroptera
Orthoptera
Isoptera
Hemiptera
Homoptera
Coleoptera
Trichoptera
Lepidoptera
Diptera
Hymenoptera
Siphonaptera


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