Ptilopaedic

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

  Ptilopaedic \Ptil`o*p[ae]d"ic\, a. (Zool.)
     Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered with
     down; dasyp[ae]dic; -- said of the young of certain birds.
     [1913 Webster]