featherless
- a word derived from feather.
Example Sentences
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“We humans may be naked apes,” he writes, but “we are also in many ways featherless crows.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Baby parrots are featherless, so it’s difficult to property identify them.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
In June and early July, the rookery would typically resemble a nursery overrun with featherless black-skinned newborns with pterodactyl features or weeks-old hatchlings with heart-shaped brown patches on their backs.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022
Here, Ratmansky steers away from black swan imagery — Odile’s dark featherless dress is washed in shades of green and purple like an iridescent fish dipped in glitter.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2022
Standard height, fluffy black-and-white plumage with distinctive barring, yellow featherless legs and feet.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
