Featherless

Word FEATHERLESS
Character 11
Hyphenation feath er less
Pronunciations N/A

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A human being, as said by Plato, until Diogenes "persuaded" him into changing it to a featherless biped with broad, flat nails. Urban Dictionary

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On Friday night in Venice Beach, a featherless and freshly-hatched bird twitched sadly on the concrete sidewalk. ❋ Layla Revis (2011)

Of course there's a beard on old toms, their heads are featherless whereas a hen's head has feathers up the back. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And the chickens, featherless but indomitable, were enjoying the milder weather as they pecked at the grain and grits which the steward had just placed in their feeding-trough. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Diogenes famously joked that if humans are a featherless biped, then a plucked chicken is human. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He was an executive at an important film company who, when faced with a featherless hatchling, felt his heart go soft for the first time in weeks, maybe even months. ❋ Layla Revis (2011)

Go buy an art poster if you must, but don't encourage the abuse of featherless battery hens that pop out countless empty blobs of colored mud parading as art. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Because of their ill-judged moulting they are quite featherless. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After all, the defining human characteristic is not compassion or the ability to walk upright or our vague mistrust of the Prudential lady or even the notion that we are featherless bipeds possessing a soul. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Humans don't cease being noble because they happen to be featherless bipeds. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But notice how you have suddenly abandoned your original description of humans as ‘meat’ and replaced it with something that sounds more cute – 'featherless bipeds.' ❋ Unknown (2008)

Reich leaped to his feet, bow ready, a featherless arrow at half-cock, and peered intently into the darkness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Somehow it didn't surprise Elspeth to hear Treyvan call her that, as he called Darkwind" featherless son. ❋ R. Daniel Lester (2010)

In fact, the partly featherless chicken is a species containing a natural mutation called naked neck which is becoming popular in hot countries, such as Israel, where the animals can be kept cool without a full feather covering. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But what geneticists have not developed, insists Sang, is the featherless chicken, illustrated on the right. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Only a sudden and steep left turn sends me into a brief panic – thoughts of volcanic ash and "light aircraft crash" headlines flash by – before I realise the pilot is attempting to give me a better view, and our featherless wings fly on into the afternoon sun. ❋ Unknown (2010)

FOOD: Mosquitoes and moths, diced fruit, featherless lizard chickens, frozen mice ❋ Dr. Barry Leed (2010)

[Plato] said that a human was a featherless biped. In response, [Diogenes] plucked a chicken and gave it to Plato, saying "Here is [Plato's] man!" Plato then changed it to featherless biped with broad, flat nails ❋ Mr. Some1one (2020)

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