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apterium
‖ apterium Ornith. (æpˈtɪərɪəm) Pl. -ia. [mod.L. (Nitzsch 1833), f. Gr. ἀ- priv. (a- 14) + πτερόν feather.] Each of the featherless spaces on the skin of a bird intervening between the feathered tracts or pterylæ.1867 W. S. Dallas tr. Nitzsch's Pterylography 16 To these feathered bands I give the na... Oxford English Dictionary
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contour
▪ I. contour, n. (ˈkɒntʊə(r), kənˈtʊə(r)) [a. F. contour, f. contourner (cf. F. tour, tourner, and turn), in artistic sense = It. contorno: see contorno.] 1. The outline of any figure: a. introduced as a term of Painting and Sculpture; spec. the line separating the differently coloured parts of a de... Oxford English Dictionary
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