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papyraceous, a. Nat. Hist.|pæpɪˈreɪʃəs| [f. L. papyr-us (see paper) + -aceous.] Of the consistence or thinness of paper; of the nature of paper; papery.
1752Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 169 The violet-purple, papyraceous Solen... It's whole substance is not thicker than that of a sheet of tolerably thick paper. 1824C. Dubois Epit. Lamarck's Arrangem. Testacea 142 Shell thin, fragile, and papyraceous. 1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 156/2 The scapula is..quite papyraceous in some places. 1882Huxley in Nature 9 Mar. 437 This papyraceous substance has taken the place of the epidermis. |