PTILOPÆ´DES, _n. pl._ Ptilopædic birds. Such are generally able to
run about at birth, or at least to feed themselves. _Dasypædes_ is
synonymous.
PTILOPÆ´DIC, _a._ Clothed at birth with floccus, which sprouts not only
from the future pterylæ, but also from apteria.