Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the Psilopædes: opposed to ptilopædic and hesthogenous. Also gymnopædic.

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

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having down upon the pterylæ only; -- said of the young of certain birds.

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  • adjective zoology Having down upon the pterylae only; said of the young of certain birds.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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