💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hypopteron"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hypoptilumnoun | (ornithology, rare) An aftershaft. |
| hyporachisnoun | (ornithology) The downy lower barbs of a feather. |
| teleoptilenoun | A fully-formed feather (of a mature bird) |
| mesoptilenoun | (biology) one of the second set of down feathers (in those birds that have two sets) |
| thopternoun | (fiction) Synonym of ornithopter (“birdlike aircraft”). |
| pterylanoun | (ornithology) One of the areas of a bird's skin on which feathers grow. |
| uppertailnoun | The dorsal part of the tail of a bird |
| ptiloerectionnoun | (ornithology) Fluffing up of feathers or down so that birds can control heat. |
| neoptilenoun | The down or light, fluffy feathers on a young bird. |
| pteromanoun | A covert of the secondary flight feathers of a bird. |
| flight feathernoun | (ornithology) Any asymmetrical feather of the wing or tail of a bird. |
| apteriumnoun | (ornithology) An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird. |
| secondary feathernoun | (biology) A remex flight feather that is connected to the ulna |
| hemipodenoun | Any of a small group of birds containing 15 species, all but one of which are in the genus Turnix. |
| rhamphothecanoun | A thin horny sheath of keratin on the outer surface of a bird's beak |
| wingpitnoun | The location under and at the base of the wing, where the axillary feathers are found (analogous to the armpit of an arm). |
| tailnoun | (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca. |
| pterolysisnoun | The arrangement of different feathers in different parts of a bird |
| phenicopternoun | (archaic) A flamingo. |
| orthopternoun | Any insect of the order Orthoptera |
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