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单词 plume-moths
释义

plume /ploom/

noun
  1. A feather, esp a large showy one
  2. The vane of a feather
  3. A bunch or tuft of feathers
  4. A feather, or anything similar, used as an ornament, symbol, crest, etc
  5. A feather as a token of honour
  6. The plumule of a seed
  7. Any feathery structure (obsolete)
  8. Anything resembling a feather, such as a thin wisp of rising smoke, etc
transitive verb
  1. To preen
  2. (reflexive) to pride (oneself; with on or upon)
  3. To adorn with plumes
  4. To set as a plume (Milton)
  5. To strip of feathers
ORIGIN: OFr, from L plūma a small soft feather

plumassier /ploo-mä-sērˈ/ noun

  1. A worker in feathers
  2. A feather-seller

pluˈmate, pluˈmose or pluˈmous adjective

  1. Feathered
  2. Feathery
  3. Plume-like

plumed adjective

  1. Feathered
  2. Adorned with a plume
  3. Plucked (obsolete)

plumeˈless adjective

plumeˈlet noun

  1. A plumule
  2. A little tuft

pluˈmery noun

Plumes collectively

plumigerous /-ijˈə-rəs/ adjective

Plumaged

pluˈmiped adjective

Having feathered feet

pluˈmist noun

A feather-dresser

pluˈmy adjective

  1. Covered or adorned with down or plume
  2. Like a plume

plumeˈ-bird noun

A long-tailed bird of paradise

plumeˈ-grass noun

A tall grass (genus Erianthus) related to sugar-cane, with great silky panicles, grown for ornament

plumeˈ-moth noun

Any moth of the families Pterophoridae and Orneodidae, with deeply cleft wings

plumeˈ-pluckt adjective (Shakespeare)

Stripped of plumes, humbled

plume poppy noun

The popular name for any plant of the genus Macleaya, hardy, very tall flowering perennials of the Papaveraceae

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