peltlessadj.
/ˈpɛltləs/, U.S. /ˈpɛltləs/ rare.
Without a pelt; lacking fur.
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1897 Outing May 122 Every man in the hunt cannot kill a fox, and yet there will not be one to grumble because he returns peltless at night after a hard day's run.
1992 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 5 Feb. 13 The featherless, peltless nakedness that must be an evolutionary joke for the members of our species living north and south of the tropics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1897- guinea duck
- guinea fowl
- guinea goose
- guinea grains
- guinea grass
- guinea green
- guinea hairworm
- guinea hog
- guinea merchant
- guinea negro
- guinea nigger
- guinea palm
- guinea pea
- guinea peach
- guinea peacock
- guinea pepper
- guinea piece
- guinea pig
- guinea plum
- guinea pods
- guinea ship
- guinea sorrel
- guinea stuff
- guinea trade
- guinea trader