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undowned

undowned adjective: not covered in down.

Adjective

undowned (not comparable)

  1. Not covered in down.
    • In birds, photosensitization affects unfeathered or undowned portions of the body including the beak, ocular area, comb, wattles, and feet.1982, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, page 259
  2. Not swallowed.
    • […] the bag into which is loaded to overflowing all the day's detritus, kitchen left overs and restaurant's uneaten food and undowned drink.2012, Hadyn J. Adams, Catching Mice, page 78

Origin of undowned

From un- + downed.

Questions about undowned

What does undowned mean?
Undowned means not covered in down.
What part of speech is undowned?
Undowned is an adjective.

Words near undowned in the dictionary

  1. Undowah
  2. undoweled
  3. undowelled
  4. undowered
  5. undownable
  6. undowned
  7. undownload
  8. undownloadable
  9. undownloaded
  10. undownloading
  11. undownloads

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