| 释义 |
pter·y·la
\ˈterələ\ noun
(plural ptery·lae \-ˌlē, -ˌlī\)
Etymology: New Latin, from pter- + Greek hylē wood, forest — more at hyle
: one of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which feathers grow — called also feather tract; contrasted with apterium |