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Crestless   Listen
adjective
Crestless  adj.  Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. "Crestless yeomen."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Crestless" Quotes from Famous Books



... a smaller bird than either of the preceding; it is also of white plumage, with a light red down under the feathers; and, although it has the power of erecting the feathers on its head, it may be said to be crestless. This bird succeeded Cacatua galerita, and was first seen in an immense flock on the grassy plains at the bottom of the Depot Creek, feeding on the grassy plains or under the trees, where it greedily sought the seeds of the kidney bean. These cockatoos were very wild, and when they rose ...
— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt



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