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pterylosis Ornith.|pt-, tɛrɪˈləʊsɪs| [f. pteryla: see -osis.] The arrangement or disposition of the pterylæ, or of the feathers, of birds.
1874Coues Birds N.W. 590 Of the pterylosis it may be observed, after Nitzsch, that the general character is perfectly scolopacine. 1885Proc. Zool. Soc. 175 The pterylosis of this Cuckoo is not widely different from that of Cuculus. |