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Penduline

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Hanging, pendulous.

    "It is their nests that are penduline, intricate hanging baskets of plant down and animal hair."

Noun
  1. 1
    A penduline tit.

    "The pendulines had hung their white nests / To the reeds and willows;"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French penduline. See pendulum.

Etymology 2

From French penduline. See pendulum.

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