unfeathered en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English feathered English unfeathered From un- + feathered.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Lacking feathers
On most birds, the tarsus is scaly and unfeathered, but a few arctic species--snowy owls, ptarmigans, and rough-legged hawks among them--have feathered tarsi.
1988 February 5, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:
Synonyms
Translations (2)
pl bezpióry (lacking feathers) · pl nieopierzony (lacking feathers)