pterylographyn.

Brit.

/ˌtɛrᵻˈlɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/ˌtɛrəˈlɑɡrəfi/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Pterylographie.

Etymology: < German Pterylographie ( C. L. Nitzsch System der Pterylographie (1840)) < post-classical Latin pterylographia ( C. L. Nitzsch Pterylographiae avium pars prior (1833)) < pteryla pteryla n. + -graphia -graphy comb. form.

Ornithology.

The scientific description of the disposition and arrangement of the feathers of birds; a treatise on this. Also: the disposition of feathers itself; pterylosis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > specific aspects

oology1830

ornithichnology1836

neossology1865

pterylography1867

caliology1875

pterography1887

ornithobiography1890

1867 (title) Nitzsch's Pterylography, translated from the German [by W. S. Dallas and edited by P. L. Sclater].

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 49 The ulna carries the ‘secondaries’..of pterylography.

1906 Science 5 Oct. 423/1 Examples of the phases of bird feathering, and the tract-distribution of feathers illustrating pterylography.

1993 S. Marchant & P. J. Higgins Handbk. Austral., N.Z. & Antarctic Birds II. 322 Pterylography is slightly different from that of other galliforms. Not all megapodes are eutaxic, some being diastataxic.

Derivatives

ˌpteryloˈgraphic adj. [after German pterylographisch (1840 in the passage translated in quot. 1867)]

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adjective] > birds > specific aspects

pterylographic1867

ornithotomical1875

1867 W. S. Dallas tr. C. L. Nitzsch Pterylography 43 The most important pterylographic [Ger. pterylographischer] characters of these consist in the presence of an aftershaft on the contour-feathers.

1967 Condor 69 544 The only difference in pterylographic arrangement between Scaled and Douglas Quail was the extra feather in Scaled Quail.

1992 Ann. Carnegie Mus. 61 153 Three distinct pterylographic groups occur in the broadbills.

ˌpteryloˈgraphical adj. rare.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Pterylographical, same as pterylographic.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 705 The pterylographical characters of the Penguins are well described by Mr Hyatt.

ˌpteryloˈgraphically adv. [after German pterylographisch, adverb (1840 in the passage translated in quot. 1867)] in respect of pterylography.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adverb] > birds > specific

pterylographically1867

1867 W. S. Dallas tr. C. L. Nitzsch Pterylography 83 This group, although inferior to the preceding in extent, is nevertheless, much more variable pterylographically [Ger. pterylographisch].

1989 Condor 91 962/2 PF [= protruding filoplumes] on the nape originated from the occiput and were pterylographically contiguous with those on the crown.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pterylography
释义	pterylographyn. Brit. /ˌtɛrᵻˈlɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌtɛrəˈlɑɡrəfi/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Pterylographie. Etymology: < German Pterylographie ( C. L. Nitzsch System der Pterylographie (1840)) < post-classical Latin pterylographia ( C. L. Nitzsch Pterylographiae avium pars prior (1833)) < pteryla pteryla n. + -graphia -graphy comb. form. Ornithology. The scientific description of the disposition and arrangement of the feathers of birds; a treatise on this. Also: the disposition of feathers itself; pterylosis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > specific aspects oology1830 ornithichnology1836 neossology1865 pterylography1867 caliology1875 pterography1887 ornithobiography1890 1867 (title) Nitzsch's Pterylography, translated from the German [by W. S. Dallas and edited by P. L. Sclater]. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 49 The ulna carries the ‘secondaries’..of pterylography. 1906 Science 5 Oct. 423/1 Examples of the phases of bird feathering, and the tract-distribution of feathers illustrating pterylography. 1993 S. Marchant & P. J. Higgins Handbk. Austral., N.Z. & Antarctic Birds II. 322 Pterylography is slightly different from that of other galliforms. Not all megapodes are eutaxic, some being diastataxic. Derivatives ˌpteryloˈgraphic adj. [after German pterylographisch (1840 in the passage translated in quot. 1867)] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adjective] > birds > specific aspects pterylographic1867 ornithotomical1875 1867 W. S. Dallas tr. C. L. Nitzsch Pterylography 43 The most important pterylographic [Ger. pterylographischer] characters of these consist in the presence of an aftershaft on the contour-feathers. 1967 Condor 69 544 The only difference in pterylographic arrangement between Scaled and Douglas Quail was the extra feather in Scaled Quail. 1992 Ann. Carnegie Mus. 61 153 Three distinct pterylographic groups occur in the broadbills. ˌpteryloˈgraphical adj. rare. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Pterylographical, same as pterylographic. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 705 The pterylographical characters of the Penguins are well described by Mr Hyatt. ˌpteryloˈgraphically adv. [after German pterylographisch, adverb (1840 in the passage translated in quot. 1867)] in respect of pterylography. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adverb] > birds > specific pterylographically1867 1867 W. S. Dallas tr. C. L. Nitzsch Pterylography 83 This group, although inferior to the preceding in extent, is nevertheless, much more variable pterylographically [Ger. pterylographisch]. 1989 Condor 91 962/2 PF [= protruding filoplumes] on the nape originated from the occiput and were pterylographically contiguous with those on the crown. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1867
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