Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ornithology, a name of the precocial birds which are able to run about and feed themselves as soon as they are hatched: synonymous with Ptilopædes or Dasypædes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology
Birds that are able to run about and obtain their ownfood as soon as they arehatched .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, meaning "self-feeding".
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