əAlso called feather tract.
Compare apterium.
Origin:
1865–70; < Neo-Latin < Greek pter(ón) feather + hȳ́lē woods
1865–70; < Neo-Latin < Greek pter(ón) feather + hȳ́lē woods
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| —n , pl -lae | |
| ornithol any of the tracts of skin that bear contour feathers, arranged in lines along the body of a bird | |
| [C19: from New Latin, from Greek pteron feather + hulē wood, forest] | |
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