Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Covered with pin-feathers; not fully fledged: said of young birds acquiring their first plumage after the downy state, and of old birds renewing their plumage during the molt: sometimes used figuratively.

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

  • adjective Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.

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

  • adjective Having some or all of the feathers imperfectly developed.

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pin +‎ feathered

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