ptilopaedicptilopedicadj.

Brit.

/ˌtʌɪlə(ʊ)ˈpiːdɪk/, U.S.

/ˌtaɪloʊˈpidɪk/

Forms: 1800s– ptilopaedic, 1900s– ptilopedic.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ptilo- comb. form, Greek παιδ- , παῖς , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < ptilo- comb. form + ancient Greek παιδ-, παῖς child (see paedo- comb. form) + -ic suffix, after scientific Latin ptilopaedes ( C. J. Sundevall Methodi naturalis avium disponendarum tentamen (1872) p. xxi). Compare psilopaedic adj.

Ornithology. rare.

Of a bird: hatched with a complete covering of down. Contrasted with psilopaedic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > hatched with feathers

hesthogenous1850

ptilopaedic1884

1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 88 Probably all præcocial birds are also ptilopædic, and all psilopædic birds altricial, but..many altrices, as hawks and owls, [are] also ptilopædic.

1895 R. Ridgway Ornithol. Illinois: Descr. Catal. II. i. 102 Order Anseres... Reproduction præcocial, and young ptilopædic.

1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 904/2 Nidifugous young are necessarily both precocial and ptilopaedic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ptilopaedic
释义	ptilopaedicptilopedicadj. Brit. /ˌtʌɪlə(ʊ)ˈpiːdɪk/, U.S. /ˌtaɪloʊˈpidɪk/ Forms: 1800s– ptilopaedic, 1900s– ptilopedic. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ptilo- comb. form, Greek παιδ- , παῖς , -ic suffix. Etymology: < ptilo- comb. form + ancient Greek παιδ-, παῖς child (see paedo- comb. form) + -ic suffix, after scientific Latin ptilopaedes ( C. J. Sundevall Methodi naturalis avium disponendarum tentamen (1872) p. xxi). Compare psilopaedic adj. Ornithology. rare. Of a bird: hatched with a complete covering of down. Contrasted with psilopaedic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > hatched with feathers hesthogenous1850 ptilopaedic1884 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 88 Probably all præcocial birds are also ptilopædic, and all psilopædic birds altricial, but..many altrices, as hawks and owls, [are] also ptilopædic. 1895 R. Ridgway Ornithol. Illinois: Descr. Catal. II. i. 102 Order Anseres... Reproduction præcocial, and young ptilopædic. 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 904/2 Nidifugous young are necessarily both precocial and ptilopaedic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1884
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