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单词 mealy-winged
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mealy-winged
S1. Parasynthetic, as (sense 1) mealy-buttocked, mealy-flanked, mealy-legged, mealy-muzzled, mealy-nosed, mealy-winged adjs.; (sense 2c) mealy-complexioned, mealy-faced adjs. See also mealy-mouthed adj.
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xv. 141 Some flye with two wings,..some with foure, as all farinaceous or mealy winged animals, as Butter-flies and Moths. View more context for this quotation
1691 London Gaz. No. 2692/4 Stolen.., a black brown Nag,..mealy Buttock'd, and mealy Nosed with a Star on his Snip.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3978/4 A brown Nag..mealy Flank't.
1840 R. H. Barham Legend Hamilton Tighe in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 157 They bring her a little, pale, mealy-faced boy.
1845 R. S. Surtees Hillingdon Hall II. xxviii. 220 Riding a mealy-legged, mealy-muzzled..cart-horse.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxvi. 79 A mealy-complexioned male.
1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius viii A mealy-faced, over-cerebrated people are springing up.
1928 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 15/2 This mealy-winged flutterer..is made the valued inventor of some classic nonsense.
2008 R. Iyer 660 Curries 356/1 This slightly mealy-textured, earthy-flavored legume [sc. horse gram] can stand up to strong flavors.
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