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plumose

[ ploo-mohs ]

adjective

  1. having feathers or plumes; feathered.
  2. feathery or plumelike.


plumose

/ ˈpluËməʊs; -məʊz; pluËˈmÉ’sɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. another word for plumate
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Derived Forms

  • plumosity, noun
  • ˈ±è±ô³Ü³¾´Ç²õ±ð±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è±ô³Üm´Ç²õ±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ±è±ô³Ü·³¾´Ç²õ·¾±Â·³Ù²â [ploo-, mos, -i-tee], ±è±ô³Üm´Ç²õ±ð·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plumose1

From the Latin word ±è±ôÅ«³¾Å²õ³Ü²õ, dating back to 1720–30. See plume, -ose 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plumose1

C17: from Latin ±è±ôÅ«³¾Å²õ³Ü²õ feathery
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Stigmas plumose.—Perennials, with narrow involute leaves and a loose panicle.

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A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact.It is sulphide of antimony and lead.

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Thus, when acting as swimming organs, the appendages, or their rami, are more or less flattened, or oar-like, and often have the margins fringed with long plumose hairs.

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An upbeat grandmotherly woman with a plumose crown of lovely white hair, Sister Barbara calmly invited me to sit down across from her and asked me to tell her what had brought me there.

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In the Sebastopol goose the scapular feathers are greatly elongated, curled, or even spirally twisted, with the margins plumose.125 Fig. 47.

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