"apterium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: apteria [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm Etymology: From a- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather”) + -ium. Compare Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros, “featherless”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a-}} a- +, {{der|en|grc|πτερόν||feather}} Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather”), {{af|en|-ium}} -ium, {{cog|grc|ἄπτερος||featherless}} Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros, “featherless”) 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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