Word Meanings - DASYPAEDIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to the Dasypædes; ptilopædic.

PTILOPAEDIC
Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered with down; dasypædic; -- said of the young of certain birds.
DASYPAEDAL
Dasypædic.
PTILOPTERI
An order of birds including only the penguins.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
PTILOPAEDES
See DASYPæDES
DASYPAEDIC
Pertaining to the Dasypædes; ptilopædic.
DASYPAEDES
Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach