plumose

adj
/ˈplu.moʊs/US

Etymology

From Latin plūmōsus (“feathered”), from plūma (“feather”): compare French plumeux. By surface analysis, plume + -ose.

  1. borrowed from plūmōsus

Definitions

  1. Having feathers or plumes.

  2. Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather.

    • Male mosquitoes have plumose antennae
    • a plumose leaf
    • plumose tentacles

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA