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）
