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‖ pteroma|ptəˈrəʊmə|
Pl. -ata.
[L. pterōma, a. Gr. πτέρωµα the colonnade of a temple.]
1. Arch. The walk between the cella and the columns of the peristyle of a Greek temple; the ambulatio.
1846Ellis Elgin Marb. I. 72 The walks round the exterior of the body of the temple were called pteromata.
2. Ornith. Also pterome. (See quot.)
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Pteroma, applied by Illiger to the internal tectrices of the wings, which are generally longer than the others: a pterome. |