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pteryla

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ptery-la
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the areas of a bird's skin on which feathers grow.

Etymology

Possibly from ptero- + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “forest”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pterylas (plural) pterylae (plural)

Derived Forms

pterylology

Frequently Paired Words

apterium

Questions

What does pteryla mean?
One of the areas of a bird's skin on which feathers grow.
Where does pteryla come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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