ptilopaedic

English ptilo- + Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “child”, stem: παιδ- (paid-), Latinised paed-) + English -ic

ptilopaedic (not comparable)

1. (ornithology, of bird chicks) Having down on the ventral and dorsal side.

• dasypaedic

• psilopaedic

• “Ptilopædes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.