Psilopaedes

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

  Psilopaedes \Psi`lo*p[ae]"des\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr.? bare + ?,
     ?, offspring.] (Zool.)
     birds whose young at first have down on the pteryl[ae] only;
     -- called also {Gymnop[ae]des}.
     [1913 Webster]