pteromorph
Zoology
noun
Either of a pair of hinged wing-like appendages attached to the sides of the cephalothorax in certain mites.
Origin
1950s.
- up to one's neck in
- up to one's (old) tricks
- up top
- up to par
- up to putty
- up to scratch
- up to snuff
- up to speed
- (up) to the hilt
- up to the mark
- up to the minute
- up to the (or one's) eyeballs
- up to the (or one's) eyes (in)
- uptown
- uptowner
- uptrend
- upturn
- UPU
- uPVC
- upvote
- upward
- upwardly
- upwardly mobile
- upwardly (or downwardly) mobile
- upward mobility