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pteryla
‖ pteryla Ornith. (pt-, ˈtɛrɪlə) Pl. -æ. [mod.L. (Nitzsch 1833), f. Gr. πτερ-όν feather + ὕλη wood.] A definite clump, patch, or area of feathers, one of a number on the skin of a bird, separated by apteria or featherless spaces. Of such patches or areas Nitzsch in his System of Pterylography (Halle...
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pterygota in Japanese - pterygota meaning in Japanese - ichacha.net
Pterygota 有翅亜綱[医生] "pterygote" in Japanese: {形} : 《昆虫》有翅亜綱{ゆうし あこう}の "pterygospinous process" in Japanese: pterygospinous process翼きゃく突起[医生] "pteryla" in Japanese: {名} : 羽域 "pterygospinous ligament" in Japanese: 翼棘靱帯{よくきょく じんたい} "pteryla (pl. prerylae)" in Japanese: pteryla (pl. prerylae)羽区 ...
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pterylosis
pterylosis Ornith. (pt-, tɛrɪˈləʊsɪs) [f. pteryla: see -osis.] The arrangement or disposition of the pterylæ, or of the feathers, of birds.1874 Coues Birds N.W. 590 Of the pterylosis it may be observed, after Nitzsch, that the general character is perfectly scolopacine. 1885 Proc. Zool. Soc. 175 The...
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pterylography
pterylography Ornith. (pt-, tɛrɪˈlɒgrəfɪ) [f. pteryla + -graphy.] The scientific description of, or a treatise on, the pterylosis of birds.1867 (title) Nitzsch's Pterylography, translated from the German. 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life Introd. 49 The ulna carries the ‘secondaries’..of pterylography. Henc...
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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...
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tract
▪ I. tract, n.1 (trækt) Also 5–6 tracte. [App. abbreviated from L. tractātus tractate; not in any other lang.] I. † 1. Literary treatment or discussion. Obs. rare. In some instances difficult to separate from sense 2.[1432–50: see 2.] 1577 Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. (1619) 245 It was our part to compri...
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