psilopaedicpsilopedicadj.

Brit.

/ˌsʌɪlə(ʊ)ˈpiːdɪk/, U.S.

/ˌsaɪloʊˈpidɪk/

Forms: 1800s– psilopaedic, 1900s– psilopedic.

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

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

Ornithology. rare.

Of a bird: hatched without a covering of down. Contrasted with ptilopaedic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > hatched without feathers

psilopaedic1884

1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 88 A more exact distinction may be drawn by using the terms ptilopædic and psilopædic..respectively for those birds which are hatched feathered or naked.

1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 904/2 Nidicolous young are not in all the species psilopaedic or even wholly altricial.

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

单词	psilopaedic
释义	psilopaedicpsilopedicadj. Brit. /ˌsʌɪlə(ʊ)ˈpiːdɪk/, U.S. /ˌsaɪloʊˈpidɪk/ Forms: 1800s– psilopaedic, 1900s– psilopedic. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: psilo- comb. form, Greek παιδ- , παῖς , -ic suffix. Etymology: < psilo- comb. form + ancient Greek παιδ-, παῖς child (see paedo- comb. form) + -ic suffix, after scientific Latin psilopaedes ( C. J. Sundevall Methodi naturalis avium disponendarum tentamen (1872) p. xxi). Compare ptilopaedic adj. Ornithology. rare. Of a bird: hatched without a covering of down. Contrasted with ptilopaedic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > hatched without feathers psilopaedic1884 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 88 A more exact distinction may be drawn by using the terms ptilopædic and psilopædic..respectively for those birds which are hatched feathered or naked. 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 904/2 Nidicolous young are not in all the species psilopaedic or even wholly altricial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1884
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