apterium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird.

Word forms

apterium apteria

Etymology

From a- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather”) + -ium. Compare Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros, “featherless”).

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