单词 | plumulose |
释义 | plumuloseadj. Biology. Resembling a small feather, esp. in bearing small secondary hairs; plumose; (also) plumulaceous. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] featheredc1300 penneda1398 well-feathered1525 well-plumed1575 plumy1590 feathery1637 well-fledged1650 pennigerous1656 plumigerous1656 penniferous1722 flighted1735 plumaged1777 fledgy1818 plumulose1826 the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having form of feather pennaceous1819 plumulose1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 276 Plumulose,..when the hairs branch out laterally like feathers. 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Plumulosus,..having or full of plumes; plumulose. Entomol. having the form of a small plume, as the hair of the antennæ of the Phyllis plumulosa. 1901 Amer. Naturalist 35 617 In segment two of the male there are three primary rows of plumulose hairs. 1941 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68 399 Staminate inflorescence strigose (hairs simple or obscurely plumulose near base); fruit broadly ellipsoid. 1997 New Scientist 1 Mar. 44/3 He claims that the flight feathers show proximal plumulose elements and that these must have had a function in insulation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1826 |
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