psilopaedic
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψιλοπαιδικός (psilopaidikós)
Adjective
psilopaedic (not comparable)
- (zoology) Having down upon the pterylae only; said of the young of certain birds.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for psilopaedic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)