Pterylosis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pterylosis is a noun meaning (ornithology) The particular arrangement of feathers on a bird.
Meaning
(ornithology) The particular arrangement of feathers on a bird.
Example Sentences
In a detailed study of the pterylosis of the genus Passer (with special emphasis on the house sparrow), Clench (1970) identified nine feather tracts: dorsal, scapulohumeral, femoral, ventral, lateral neck, capital, alar, crural, and caudal.
Word Forms
- pteryloses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pterolysis, pteryla, ptilosis, ptiloerection, pteronophobia, plumage.
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