Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, a tract or space on the skin of a bird where no feathers grow; an unfeathered tract, in distinction from a feather-tract or pteryla (which see). Nitzsch; Sundevall.
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- noun ornithology An area of bare (
featherless ) skin on abird .
Etymologies
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See aptera.
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Examples
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"You would not destroy the godling," Sargonnas croaked, fire and sunlight brindling over his mottled apterium.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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