FEATHERLESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does featherless mean? 

• FEATHERLESS (adjective)
  The adjective FEATHERLESS has 1 sense:

1. having no feathers

  Familiarity information: FEATHERLESS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEATHERLESS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having no feathers

Synonyms:

featherless; unfeathered

Context example:

the unfeathered legs of an Orpington

Similar:

plucked (having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl)

fledgeless; unfledged; unvaned ((of an arrow) not equipped with feathers)

 Context examples 

This was something altogether new, and it proved a grand success, for Mrs. March couldn't get over her surprise, and insisted on shaking hands with every one of the featherless birds, from tall Franz and Emil to the little quadroon, who had the sweetest voice of all.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)