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plumose

adjective

  1. resembling a feather in structure or appearance
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈplu.moʊs/

adj

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

  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