† parapterumn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin parapterum.

Etymology: < scientific Latin parapterum (J. K. W. Illiger Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium (1811) II. 170) < para- para- prefix¹ + ancient Greek πτερόν wing (see ptero- comb. form). Compare French paraptère (1868 in Littré).

Ornithology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

A scapular or other long feather partly covering the wing.

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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Parapterum... Ornithol. Applied by Illiger to the long feathers directed backwards, which are inserted in the arm near the axilla, and which cover more or less of the wings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	parapterum
释义	† parapterumn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin parapterum. Etymology: < scientific Latin parapterum (J. K. W. Illiger Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium (1811) II. 170) < para- para- prefix¹ + ancient Greek πτερόν wing (see ptero- comb. form). Compare French paraptère (1868 in Littré). Ornithology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A scapular or other long feather partly covering the wing. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Parapterum... Ornithol. Applied by Illiger to the long feathers directed backwards, which are inserted in the arm near the axilla, and which cover more or less of the wings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1857
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