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plumate
[ ploo-meyt, -mit ]
adjective
Zoology.
- resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.
plumate
/ -mɪt; ˈpluËmeɪt /
adjective
- of, relating to, or possessing one or more feathers or plumes
- resembling a plume; covered with small hairs
a plumate seed
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of plumate1
C19: from Latin ±è±ô³Ü³¾Äå³Ù³Ü²õ covered with feathers; see plume
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After breakfast he dusted the glass over these portraits himself with a cloth, and brushed the oil painting of his wife with a plumate kept suspended from a small brass hook by the side of the heavy gold frame.
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