pterylography
/ˌtɛrɪˈlɒɡrəfi/Ornithology
noun
The scientific description of the disposition and arrangement of the feathers of birds; a treatise on this.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in untitled. From German Pterylographie from post-classical Latin pterylographia from pteryla + -graphia.
- straight chair
- straight-cut
- straight edge
- straight-eight
- straighten
- straightener
- straightening iron
- straight-faced
- straight flush
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight from the shoulder
- straightish
- straightjacket
- straight-laced
- straight-line
- straightly
- straight man
- straightness
- straight off (or out)
- straight (or right) away
- straight pool
- straight razor
- straight shooter