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teleoptile
teleoptile n. 
/ˌtɛlɪˈɒptɪl/, /ˌtiːlɪˈɒptʌɪl/, /ˌtiːlɪˈɒptɪl/, /ˌtɛliˈɑpˌtaɪl/, /ˌtiliˈɑpt(ə)l/, /ˌtiliˈɑpˌtaɪl/ Ornithology any of the feathers of the mature plumage of a bird; often contrasted with neossoptile.
Brit. /ˌtɛlɪˈɒptʌɪl/
, /ˌtɛlɪˈɒptʌɪl//ˌtɛlɪˈɒptɪl//ˌtiːlɪˈɒptʌɪl//ˌtiːlɪˈɒptɪl/U.S. /ˌtɛliˈɑpt(ə)l/
, /ˌtɛliˈɑpt(ə)l//ˌtɛliˈɑpˌtaɪl//ˌtiliˈɑpt(ə)l//ˌtiliˈɑpˌtaɪl/ΘΚΠ
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teleoptile1893
1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 243 The first clothing of the newly-hatched bird consists of..soft feathers..possessing..characters which make it advisable to distinguish them, by the name of ‘Neossoptiles’ (νεοσσὸς, a chick), from those feathers which subsequently appear, and may be called ‘Teleoptiles’ (τέλεος, mature).
1959 Auk 76 165 On the ninth and tenth days the developing sheaths were breaking away from the developing teleoptiles.
2003 Jrnl. Field Ornithol. 74 90/2 Konyukhov et al. provide descriptions of the neossoptile and teleoptile plumages and fledglings in juvenile plumage.
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