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featherless

feat·her·less

UK/ˈfɛðələs/ US/ˈfɛðəɹləs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

having no feathers

  • “a featherless biped”
  • “the unfeathered legs of an Orpington”
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Origin

From Middle English fethirles, fedyrles, equivalent to feather + -less. Cognate with Dutch veerloos, German federlos, Swedish fjäderlös.

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