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† pteropaedic adj. [ < ptero- comb. form + ancient Greek παιδ-, παῖς child (see paedo- comb. form) + -ic suffix, after scientific Latin Pteropaedes ( Standard Nat. Hist. (1885) IV. 3)] Ornithology Obsolete rare (of a bird) fully fledged when hatched, as a megapode; cf. psilopaedic adj., ptilopaedic adj.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.