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Definition of Pterylae
1. pteryla [n] - See also: pteryla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterylae
Literary usage of Pterylae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The feathers of birds are not uniformly distributed over the body, but grow only
along certain definite tracts known as pterylae, leaving bare spaces or ..."
2. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"The feathers are not implanted irregularly into the body but along certain tracts
or pterylae between which are bare spaces or ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The feathers of birds are not uniformly distributed over the body, but grow only
along certain definite tracts known as pterylae, leaving bare spaces or ..."
4. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1867)
"... and their arrangement in " feather tracts," or "pterylae," on the bodies of
birds. Nitzsch was one of the most single-minded and persevering naturalists ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The pterylae are of characteristic outlines in different families and are thus
of value in determining relationships. Following the nestling stage, ..."
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