Pteryl[ae]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pteryla \Pte*ry"la\, n.; pl. {Pteryl[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
   feather + ? wood, forest.] (Zool.)
   One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which
   feathers grow; -- contrasted with {apteria}.
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