Pycnofibre
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any one of the hair-like filaments that comprised an integument of some pterosaurs.
"While the metal frames, styrofoam bulk and resin wings comprised the majority of the models, the details that would bring them to life – eyes, scars, pycnofibres, scales and colour – needed to be added before the models could really look vital."
Example
More examples"While the metal frames, styrofoam bulk and resin wings comprised the majority of the models, the details that would bring them to life – eyes, scars, pycnofibres, scales and colour – needed to be added before the models could really look vital."
Etymology
From pycno- + fibre. Coined 2009 by Brazilian palaeontologist Alexander W. A. Kellner et al.
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