amphiptere

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “amphi-”) +‎ πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

amphiptere (plural amphipteres)

1. (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.

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• amphithere, amphitere