unfeathered

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unfeathered

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not comparable Lacking feathers On most birds, the tarsus is scaly and unfeathered, but a few arctic species--snowy owls, ptarmigans, and rough-legged hawks among them--have feathered tarsi.
Similar: apteric, featherless

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@misc{unfeathered_2026,
  title = {unfeathered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unfeathered},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}