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单词 centiplume
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centiplumeadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: centi- comb. form, plume n.
Etymology: < centi- comb. form + plume n. N.E.D. (1889) gives the pronunciation as (se·ntiplūm) /ˈsɛntɪpluːm/.
Obsolete.
Having a hundred feathers or plumes.Apparently an isolated use.In quot. applied to a moth with wings which are divided into many narrow feather-like sections; cf. plume moth n. at plume n. Compounds 2.
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1874 R. D. Blackmore Alice Lorraine iii. xviii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 603/1 Like a centiplume moth in a spider's web.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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