(US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes deals with organized crime, a government, etc), especially upon the introduction of new technology.
verb
present participle of featherbed
gnathobdellida
hydrobiologist
hydrobiologist
noun
A biologist whose speciality is hydrobiology
subdistinguish
subdistinguish
verb
(transitive) To distinguish or differentiate as a subtype.