˜yÐÄvlog

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pullus

[ puhl-uhs ]

noun

plural pulli
  1. a young bird; a chick.


pullus

/ ˈ±èʊ±ôə²õ /

noun

  1. a technical term for a chick or young bird
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pullus1

First recorded in 1765–75; from New Latin, Latin: “a young animal”; pullet
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pullus1

C18: from Latin, from ±è³Ü±ô±ô³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð to sprout
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

As mentioned in the immediately preceding account, the small Thomomys umbrinus pullus and the large Cratogeomys were found in the same area.

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‘Deinde Pullus AquilÊ nidificabit in summa rupe totius BritanniÊ: nec juvenis occidet, nec ad senem vivet.’

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In B. musculus, the darker subspecies, B. m. brunneus, B. m. nigrescens, and B. m. pullus, occur in zones of rather constant high relative humidity, whereas the paler subspecies infernatis, musculus, handleyi, and to a less extent grisescens and pallidus, occur in zones of lower relative humidity.

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NW San Salvador were considerably darker than paratypes of grisescens and were nearly intermediate in color between nigrescens and pullus.

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There is no positive evidence that B. m. grisescens intergrades with B. m. pullus to the south in Nicaragua.

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