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pterotillomania

pterotillomania noun: a behavioural disorder in birds in which a bird plucks out its own feathers, or plucks the feathers of its chicks.

Noun

pterotillomania (uncountable)

  1. A behavioural disorder in birds in which a bird plucks out its own feathers, or plucks the feathers of its chicks.

Questions about pterotillomania

What does pterotillomania mean?
Pterotillomania means a behavioural disorder in birds in which a bird plucks out its own feathers, or plucks the feathers of its chicks.
What part of speech is pterotillomania?
Pterotillomania is a noun.

Words near pterotillomania in the dictionary

  1. pterothecids
  2. pterothoracic
  3. pterothorax
  4. pterotic
  5. pterotics
  6. pterotillomania
  7. pterotracheid
  8. pterotracheids
  9. pteroyl
  10. pteroyl acid
  11. pteroyl glutamic acid

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