See Also: ptilocerque(medicine)

malinger (oh) and ptilocerque (medicine)


malinger (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: malingre 'sick', from Old French mal 'badly' + haingre 'thin, weak']
to avoid work by pretending to be ill
::He accused Frank of malingering.
-- malingerer n [C]

ptilocerque (medicine)


ptilocerque
<zoology> The pentail.

Origin: Gr. A feather + tail.

Source: Websters Dictionary