pterylologicaladj.
/ˌtɛrᵻləˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌtɛrələˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Ornithology. rare.
Of or relating to pterylosis; pterylographical.
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pterylological1893
1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 Introd. 69 He [sc. Dr. Cornay] also seems to have been aware of some pterylological differences exhibited in Birds.
1907 J. Galsworthy Country House iii. ix. 288 He read about the construction and habits of the owl... ‘The pterylological characters of Photodilus seem not to have been investigated, but it has been found to want the tarsal loop, as well as the manubrial process’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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