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unpeckable

unpeckable adjective: impossible to peck.

Adjective

unpeckable (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Impossible to peck.
    • He then became henpecked. Are women unpeckable?1955, Phyllis Bottome, Not in Our Stars, Faber & Faber, page 103
    • After all, a pill bug normally spends the sunlit hours when diurnal birds are about coiled away like a petite armadillo, often beneath some unpeckable tree stump or stone.2007 June 26, Natalie Angier, “In Parasite Survival, Ploys to Get Help From a Host”, in New York Times

Origin of unpeckable

From un- + peckable.

Questions about unpeckable

What does unpeckable mean?
Unpeckable means impossible to peck.
What part of speech is unpeckable?
Unpeckable is an adjective.

Words near unpeckable in the dictionary

  1. unpealed
  2. unpearled
  3. unpeated
  4. unpebbled
  5. unpeccable
  6. unpeckable
  7. unpecked
  8. unpeculiarity
  9. unpedagogic
  10. unpedagogical
  11. unpedagogically

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