featherless

Everyday

Featherless means having no feathers. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons, newly hatched chicks of many birds are featherless and helpless; birds that moult can have featherless patches. In stories it describes a baby bird or a plucked chicken. Phrases: «featherless chicks», «a featherless patch».

Examples

• The baby birds were pink and featherless. tree →
• Featherless chicks need their parents to keep them warm. tree →
• The bird had a featherless patch on its neck. tree →
• A featherless bird cannot fly. tree →
• Vultures have featherless heads. tree →
• The chick was blind and featherless when it hatched. tree →

Note

«-less» means without: featherless = without feathers (like «hairless», «toothless», «homeless»). Opposite: «feathered», «feathery». Not a number word.