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(paleontology) Any one of the hair-like filaments that comprised an integument of some pterosaurs..
While the metal frames, styrofoam bulk and resin wings comprised the majority of the models, the details that would bring them to life – eyes, scars, pycnofibres, scales and colour – needed to be added before the models could really look vital.
Many [pterosaurs] had furry coats made up of hair-like filaments known as pycnofibres, which covered their bodies and parts of their wings.
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Pycnofibre means (paleontology) Any one of the hair-like filaments that comprised an integument of some pterosaurs..
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While the metal frames, styrofoam bulk and resin wings comprised the majority of the models, the details that would bring them to life – eyes, scars, pycnofibres, scales and colour – needed to be added before the models could really look vital.
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