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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 withdown , like the young of certain birds.
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