Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having feathered feet.
- A plumiped bird.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having feet covered with feathers.
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- adjective zoology Having feet covered with
feathers . - noun A plumiped
bird .
Etymologies
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From Latin plumipes, -edis; pluma "feather" + pes.
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mollusque commented on the word plumiped
Pheasants are common in Maralbashi, the beautiful plumiped sand-grouse appear in great numbers on the steppes, the rock ptarmigan frequents the edge of the mountains, where large grouse are also to be found fairly often.
--Albert von Le Coq, 1928, Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan: An Account of the Activities and Adventures of the Second and Third German Turfan Expeditions, p. 38
October 4, 2008