The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . lcctrum), +(pfva^, a cheat.] A genus of Fringillidx dis-membered from Plectro2)hanes, having P. nivalisas its type; the snow-buntings. Plectropteridae (plek-trop-teri-de), n. pi.[NL., < Plcctro2iterns + -idfe.] The spur-winged geese regarded as a family apart fromAnatida: See cut under Plectro2)terus. Plectropterinse (plek-trop-te-rine), H. |)Z.[NL., < Plectropterns + -inse] A subfamilyof Anatida, represented by the genus Plectro2i-terus; the spur-winge
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . lcctrum), +(pfva^, a cheat.] A genus of Fringillidx dis-membered from Plectro2)hanes, having P. nivalisas its type; the snow-buntings. Plectropteridae (plek-trop-teri-de), n. pi.[NL., < Plcctro2iterns + -idfe.] The spur-winged geese regarded as a family apart fromAnatida: See cut under Plectro2)terus. Plectropterinse (plek-trop-te-rine), H. |)Z.[NL., < Plectropterns + -inse] A subfamilyof Anatida, represented by the genus Plectro2i-terus; the spur-winged geese. plectropterine (plek-tropte-rin), a. Belong-ing to the Plectropterinx. Plectropterus (plek-tropte-rus), n. [NL. ( Leach, 1824), < Gr. irAf/KTpov, a cocks spur(see 2ilcctrum), + Trrepov, wing, = E. feather.]. Spur-winged Goose £rtts gambensis\. An African genus of geese having a spur onthe wing, as P. (plektrum), n.; pi. 2iect>a (-tra).[NL., 1cctrnm, < Gr. irXf/Kipov, a thingtostrike with, as an instrument for striking thelyre, a spear-point, a cocks spur, a punting-pole, biguc.] small instrument of ivory, horn, or metalused for plucking or twanging the strings ofa IjTe, cithara, or other similar instrument. I heard the forlorn but melodious note of a hooting owlindefinitely far; such a sound as the frozen earth wouldyield if struck with a suitable plectrum. Thoreau, Walden, p, 292. 2. Something like or likened to a plectrum,(ot) In anat.: (1) The stylohyal bone, or styloid process plectnun of the temporal lione. (2) The uvula. (3) The Did. {b) In ornith,, a spur or claw on the wing orfoot, (c) In entoin., a small bristle or point on the costalmargin of the wing, and standing out
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