ptilopaedic
/ˌtʌɪlə(ʊ)ˈpiːdɪk/(also ptilopedic) Ornithology rare
adjective
Of a bird: hatched with a complete covering of down. Contrasted with psilopaedic.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Elliott Coues (1842–1889), naturalist and historian. From ptilo- + ancient Greek παιδ-, παῖς child + -ic, after scientific Latin ptilopaedes.
- ground control
- ground controller
- ground cover
- ground crew
- ground dove
- ground down
- ground effect
- ground elder
- grounder
- ground floor
- ground forces
- ground frost
- ground game
- ground glass
- groundhog
- Groundhog Day
- groundhopper
- ground-in
- grounding
- grounding wire
- ground ivy
- groundkeeper
- groundless
- groundlessly
- groundlessness