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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the Ptilopædes; præcocial: opposed to psilopædic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered with down; dasypædic; -- said of the young of certain birds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered with down, like the young of certain birds.

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