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Plumose

//ˈplu.moʊs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having feathers or plumes.
  2. 2
    Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather.

    "Male mosquitoes have plumose antennae"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft wordnet

Etymology

From Latin plūmōsus (“feathered”), from plūma (“feather”): compare French plumeux. By surface analysis, plume + -ose.

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