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plumose


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plumose  \Plu*mose"\,  Plumous  \Plu"mous\,  a.  [L.  plumosus,  fr 
  pluma  feather:  cf  F.  plumeux.] 
  1.  Having  feathers  or  plumes. 
 
  2.  Having  hairs,  or  other  p['a]rts,  arranged  along  an  axis 
  like  a  feather;  feathery;  plumelike;  as  a  plumose  leaf; 
  plumose  tentacles. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plumose 
  adj  :  (biology)  having  an  ornamental  plume  or  feathery  tuft  [syn: 
  {plumate},  {plumed}] 




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