implumedadj.
rare.
Unfeathered, unfledged; deprived of feathers.
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featherlessc1460
implumec1540
callow1567
unfledge1581
unplumed1598
implumed1604
unfledgeda1616
pin-feathered1641
squab1706
implumous1755
fledgeless1769
callowy1823
1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. E4v The poore implumed Birds..Can poynt and say, This Feather once was mine.
1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2 I..haue brought forth my implumed and vnfeathered birds.
1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 346 The implumed biped, lord of the earth.
1819 H. Busk Vestriad i. 367 Plum'd or implum'd the biped you despoil.
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