单词 | plumous |
释义 | plumousadj. Now rare. Feathery, downy; plumose. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [adjective] > made of feathers or down plumy1582 plumative1623 plumous1678 plumatile1715 1678 W. Salmon tr. Pharmacopœia Londinensis iii. xiii. 405 The Amianth or plumous Alum..differs not from Alum in form, but it wants the tast of Alum. 1682 tr. J. Goedaert Of Insects iii. 25 We indeed Observe the Antennæ, of some Butterflyes to be small like Wiers, others Plumous. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) 72 Through the Middle of it..runs a blackish, dusky, plumous Body.., sending forth, or each side, small Fibres obliquely. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis x. 254 What was intended also to be our genial bed,..was tumid with a plumous heap, and florid with a silken coverlet. 1875 E. M. Hale Materia Medica 539 Carpels (fruit)..with long plumous tails, one to two inches in length, collected into a roundish head. 1981 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 12 2 The extremely plumous antennae of the latter species are actively moved through the water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1678 |
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