Pteryla

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]