The unfeathered brood. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : feathered feet. From Dictionary.com.
So the presence of beaks in unfeathered taxa is not a problem. From Wordnik.com. [The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view] Reference
Thermoregulatory role of the unfeathered head and neck in male wild turkeys. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
"Mary hath three unfeathered ones she spendeth much time feeding," Joel remarked after a short silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
We could slay them as easily as a hawk pounces into a dove's nest and steals away her unfeathered little ones. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian] Reference
The girls are all dissappointed by the mundanity of actual boys, and the boys are all feeling inferior with their unfeathered, sparkleless skin. From Wordnik.com. [FRIDAY; Or, This Week in Queries] Reference
The infection appears in the form of yellowish warts or nodules about the nose, eyelids, comb, wattles, under the wings, or any unfeathered place. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
Ruling on this day 01/21/2010 to allow national and multi nation corporations alike unfeathered finacial access into our already money flawed election system. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » After Whining About Being ‘Suppressed,’ Chamber Discloses It Spent $123 Million In Lobbying] Reference
All other unfeathered bipeds were asleep, and we varied our bath by wandering around the beach in a state of nature, viewing things generally, but a turtle pond held us fascinated. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
We could slay them as easily as a hawk pounces into a dove's nest and steals away her unfeathered little ones; the Mad Buffalo alone could have taken the scalps of half the nation. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
Fruit trees are almost as surely destroyed by standing with their feet in cold water all Winter, as any of us "unfeathered bipeds" would be; while the solid freezing of the earth around their roots does not harm them. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
Royal Hunt indeed; but of two-legged unfeathered game!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution] Reference
Some people's unfeathered criticism is another person's rude comment. From Wordnik.com. [Discover Blogs] Reference
And now look at the beaten one, without voice, his neck unfeathered, a look of shame. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Augustin] Reference
It looks easy enough, so I've tried to flap my unfeathered arms, but I never lift off the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy] Reference
Their aim is to slash the number of unfeathered bipeds who pollute the earth with carbon emissions. From Wordnik.com. [MercatorNet] Reference
The young Redtail hawks, who were still unfeathered, were devoured in their nests by the voracious bloodsuckers. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Hill Coffee House] Reference
Medole -- on whom I can never look without thinking of an unfeathered pie; and I submit to be assisted by the man Barto Rizzo. From Wordnik.com. [Vittoria — Complete] Reference
It is surely the most intelligent of all animals; the unfeathered bipeds, as the French wits call us two-legged mortals, excepted. From Wordnik.com. [Anna St. Ives] Reference
It is a game of cherubs, though of cherubs slightly unfeathered as a result of belonging to the pious English upper-middle classes. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Letters] Reference
It was the custom to draw lots for joints of a camel with arrows, some feathered and others unfeathered, kept for this purpose in the temple of. From Wordnik.com. [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference
At this spring season, true, the migratory host of unfeathered bipeds crowds northwards; even as in autumn it accompanies the birds southwards. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 2] Reference
Having, with great fatigue, cut open one of these eggs, we let out a young one unfeathered, considerably larger than twenty full-grown vultures. From Wordnik.com. [The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen] Reference
They have small heads, slender curved beaks, unfeathered legs and feet, and are tailless; the plumage is deep yellowish, marked with black and brown above. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference
The former is a large black and white bird with the head and the upper part of the neck unfeathered, except for numerous short, almost bristle-like plumules. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Figures in the Maya Codices] Reference
Other slang-smiths suggest more pertinently that those black legs refer to the rook, as a swindler, cheat, and generally unfeathered bird of ill omen: an old avian metaphor. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 4] Reference
Dogs, when they are sure of having their own way, have sometimes ways as odd as those of the unfurred, unfeathered animals, who walk on two legs, and talk, and are called rational. From Wordnik.com. [Our Village] Reference
As he grows older and becomes Philistinish, we may note that, after the manner of unfeathered bipeds, he is often disposed to indulge his selfishness, and summons his flock only to see him devour the morsel. From Wordnik.com. [Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization] Reference
Such millionaires would do unmixed good in the world; but unfortunately they are apt to die and leave their millions, and the social influence which the millions confer, to "that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son.". From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
"Your eyes stand out of your head like a new-hatched, unfeathered bird's. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Quality] Reference
She did her own hand demonstration with the liner, drawing a perfect rich black unfeathered line.). From Wordnik.com. [Second City Style Fashion Blog - Style, Luxury, Beauty & Shopping] Reference
• Dark eyes, notched beak and unfeathered legs. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
A hat unfeathered?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bed-Book of Happiness] Reference
A. Cal-id, hot, burning a. Cal-lous, gristly insensible a. Cal-low, unfeathered. From Wordnik.com. [The Scholar's Spelling Assistant; Wherein the Words Are Arranged on an Improved Plan, According to Their Respective Principles of Accentuation. In a Manner Calculated to Familiarize the Art of Spelling and Pronunciation, to Remove Difficulties, and to Facilitate General Improvement Intended for the Use of Schools and Private Tuition] Reference
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