Usually means: Arrangement of feathers on birds.
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  1. pterylosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. pterylosis: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pterylosis: Wordnik
  4. pterylosis: Wiktionary
  5. Pterylosis, pterylosis: Dictionary.com
  6. Pterylosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Pterylosis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. pterylosis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Pterylosis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. pterylosis: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Pterylosis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pterylosis)

▸ noun:  (ornithology) The particular arrangement of feathers on a bird.

Similar:
pterolysis, pteryla, ptilosis, flight feather, ptiloerection, pteronophobia, plumage, pterotillomania, pterography, ornithocheirid, more...

Opposite:
aptery, featherlessness

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Similar:
pterolysis, pteryla, ptilosis, flight feather, ptiloerection, pteronophobia, plumage, pterotillomania, pterography, ornithocheirid, more...

Opposite:
aptery, featherlessness



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