hesthogenousadj.
/hɛsˈθɒdʒɪnəs/ Ornithology.
Of birds: Hatched with a clothing of down; ptilopædic: opposed to gymnogenous.
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hesthogenous1850
ptilopaedic1884
1850 Newman in Zoologist 8 2780 Hesthogenous Birds. In these, immediately the shell is broken the chick makes its appearance in a state of adolescence rather than infancy.
1885 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 31 Hesthogenous—a word so vicious in formation as to be incapable of amendment, but intended to signify those [birds] that were hatched with a clothing of down.
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