"featherless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɛðələs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɛðəɹləs/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Middle English fethirles, fedyrles, equivalent to feather + -less. Cognate with Dutch veerloos, German federlos, Swedish fjäderlös. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fethirles}} Middle English fethirles, {{m|enm|fedyrles}} fedyrles, {{suffix|en|feather|less}} feather + -less, {{cog|nl|veerloos}} Dutch veerloos, {{cog|de|federlos}} German federlos, {{cog|sv|fjäderlös}} Swedish fjäderlös Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} featherless (not comparable)
  1. Having no feathers. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: apteric, unfeathered Derived forms: featherless biped Translations (having no feathers): dibluñv (Breton), implume (Catalan), federlos (German), tollatlan (Hungarian), csupasz (Hungarian), implume (Italian), implūmis (Latin), تویسز (tüysüz) (Ottoman Turkish), bezpióry (Polish), nieopierzony (Polish), implume (Spanish), tüysüz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-featherless-en-adj-PWe6DEeM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "sense": "having no feathers",
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        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having no feathers",
          "word": "bezpióry"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having no feathers",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having no feathers",
          "word": "implume"
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          "sense": "having no feathers",
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      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "having no feathers",
      "word": "dibluñv"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having no feathers",
      "word": "implume"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no feathers",
      "word": "federlos"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having no feathers",
      "word": "tollatlan"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having no feathers",
      "word": "csupasz"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having no feathers",
      "word": "implume"
    },
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having no feathers",
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      "sense": "having no feathers",
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      "sense": "having no feathers",
      "word": "bezpióry"
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      "sense": "having no feathers",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no feathers",
      "word": "implume"
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      "sense": "having no feathers",
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