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gymnopaedic

gymnopaedic adjective: having young that are featherless when hatched.

Adjective

gymnopaedic (not comparable)

  1. Having young that are featherless when hatched.
  2. (Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the Gymnopaedia (a Spartan festival)

Origin of gymnopaedic

Ancient Greek From Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + a child.

Questions about gymnopaedic

What does gymnopaedic mean?
Gymnopaedic means having young that are featherless when hatched.
What part of speech is gymnopaedic?
Gymnopaedic is an adjective.

Words near gymnopaedic in the dictionary

  1. gymnogen
  2. gymnogens
  3. gymnogrammene
  4. gymnolaemate
  5. Gymnopaedia
  6. gymnopaedic
  7. Gymnopaidiai
  8. gymnophallid
  9. gymnophallids
  10. gymnophionan
  11. gymnophionans

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