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Definition of Apteria
1. n. pl. Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliæ.
Definition of Apteria
1. Noun. (zoology) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apteria
1. apterium [n] - See also: apterium
Medical Definition of Apteria
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Apteria
Literary usage of Apteria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1901)
"Adult without apteria or oil-gland ; plumage soft and lax, intermediate between down
... If distinct apteria are wanting, the oil-gland is well developed. ..."
2. Icones Plantarum: Or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1844)
"I must confess that while preparing the analysis of this species, I did not at
first recognize it as the original apteria of Nuttall ; but after a most ..."
3. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"These apteria are best seen on the abdomen and on the sides of the neck in many
birds. Although struthious birds are also commonly said to be uniformly ..."
4. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1893)
"Both Swift and Humming-bird have apteria on the nape and on the inferior surface
of the neck, and although Dr. Shufeldt says these are " never present in ..."
5. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1843)
"These five species, together with another discovered by Mr. Schom- burgk in
British Guinea, and Nuttall's apteria setacea, are divided into three genera, ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1888)
"... and apteria arc figured in the embryo ostrich and referred to in tho description
of the figures by Miss B. Lindsay, ' Zool. Soc. ..."
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