Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).
Origin
From Middle English berdles, from Old English beardlēas, from Proto-Germanic *bardalausaz, equivalent to beard + -less. Cognate with Scots berdles, Saterland Frisian boartloos, West Frisian burdleas, Dutch baardeloos, German Low German baartlos, German bartlos.
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