Associations to the word «Pterocnemia»

Wiktionary

PTEROCNEMIA PENNATA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Rheidae   — the lesser rhea or Darwin's rhea.

Dictionary definition

PTEROCNEMIA, noun. A genus of birds of the family Rheidae.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley