Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The arrangement or disposition of ptilosis; the plumage of a bird, considered with reference to the manner in which the feathers are implanted in the skin in definite pterylæ; the mode of feathering; the distribution of the feathers in tracts. It differs from
ptilosis in that the latter relates to the character of the plumage itself, not to its disposition upon the body.
Wiktionary
- n. zoology The arrangement of feathers in definite areas.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) The arrangement of feathers in definite areas.
Examples
“The late Professor Garrod finds that "from considerations of pterylosis, visceral anatomy, myology, and osteology the screamer cannot be placed along with the Anserine birds.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pterylosis’.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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ptero-, -pter
relating to or having wings
pterosaur, helicopter, pterodactyl, hymenopter, pteroclid, pteronophobia, homopterous, pterygoblast, pterylosis
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patterns
ergodic, stochastic, stereopsis, echolocation, holocation, broker, map, intarsia, encipher, ocellus, muslin, mandelbrot set and 159 more...
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Ornithological Terms
Terms Used in Ornithology
pterylosis, picifautor, gressorial, exuviate, stragulum, philornithic, pinguinitescent, parvirostrate, schizorhinal, schizothecal, schismatic, fuliginous and 76 more...
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