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Definition of Pteryla
1. n. One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which feathers grow; -- contrasted with apteria.
Definition of Pteryla
1. Noun. (zoology) One of the areas of a bird's skin on which feathers grow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pteryla
1. a feathered area on the skin of a bird [n -LAE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteryla
Literary usage of Pteryla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1905)
"A, ventral; B, dorsal, al. pt, alar pteryla or wing-tract; c. pt, ... the feather
tracts or pteryla (sp.pt, hu. pt. etc.), separated from one another by ..."
2. Bulletin by United States National Museum (1914)
"... gluteus primus muscle absent; al pteryla not defined on neck (no lateral ...
gluteus primus muscle present; nal pteryla well-defined on neck (lateral ..."
3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"i; cd.pl, caudal pteryla or tail tract; ir l>l, ... Only certain portions of the
pigeon's body bear feathers ; these feather tracts are termed pteryla, ..."
4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1905)
"upon the pteryla humeralis, and a little later is seen upon the anterior lateral
branch of the pteryla ventralis. Judging from specimens which were brought ..."
5. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"and this pteryla is quite broad, as it is continued on to the tail, the whole
system of ... and the pteryla leading from it to the uropygial gland broad, ..."
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