plumulose
/ˈpluːmjʊləʊs/ /ˈpluːmjʊləʊz/Biology
adjective
Resembling a small feather, especially in bearing small secondary hairs; plumose.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in William Kirby (1759–1850), entomologist and naturalist. From plumule + -ose.
- loose end
- loose-fitting
- loose-footed
- loose forward
- loose head
- loose housing
- loose-jointed
- loose-knit
- loose-leaf
- loose-limbed
- loosely
- loosely knit
- loose man
- loosen
- loosener
- looseness
- loosen someone's tongue
- loosen up
- loose rein
- loose scrum
- loose scrummage
- loosestrife
- loose tea
- loose tongue
- loosey-goosey