Dasypaedes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dasypaedes \Das`y*p[ae]"des\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. dasy`s
     hairy, shaggy + ?, ?, a child.] (Zool.)
     Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.
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