源頭來自古希臘語 ἀμφί (amphí,“amphi-”) + πτερόν (pterón,“翅膀”)。
amphiptere (複數 amphipteres)
- (紋章學,奇幻) 翼蛇
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.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)