mesoptile
noun
mesop·tile
(ˈ)me|¦zäptə̇l,
(ˈ)mē|,
|¦sä-
plural -s
: one of the second set of down feathers in a bird having two sets
Word History
Etymology
mes- + -ptile
- loose head
- loose milk
- loose rate
- loose scrum
- loose sentence
- loose side
- loose smut
- loose tongue
- loose wall
- loose-bodied
- loose-footed
- loose-housing system
- loose-joint butt
- loose-jointed
- loose-jointedness
- loose-leaf
- loose-limbed
- loose-lipped
- loose-pin butt
- loose-tongued
- looseboxes
- loosed
- looselier
- looseliest
- loosely