"apterium" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: apteria [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm Etymology: See Latin aptera, a- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -ium. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|aptera}} Latin aptera, {{prefix|en|a-}} a- +, {{der|en|grc|πτερόν||wing}} Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) Head templates: {{en-noun|apteria}} apterium (plural apteria)
  1. (ornithology) An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird. Categories (topical): Ornithology Translations (an area of featherless skin): aptéria [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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