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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats