pteroma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A walkway, in a Greek or Roman temple, between the cella and surrounding colonnade.
noun
  1. A covert of the secondary flight feathers of a bird.

Word forms

pteroma pteromas pteromata pterome

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτέρωμα (ptérōma), from πτερόν (pterón).

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