pennaceous
/pɛˈneɪʃəs/ /pəˈneɪʃəs/Chiefly Ornithology
adjective
Relating to, of the nature of, or resembling a feather or feathers; (in later use) specifically designating (part of) a feather in which the barbs form a coherent vane (contrasted with downy or plumulaceous).
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in James Francis Stephens (1792–1852), entomologist. From scientific Latin pennaceus + -ous.
- resistance movement
- resistance pile
- resistance pyrometer
- resistance thermometer
- resistance training
- resistance transfer factor
- resistance welding
- resistance wire
- resistancy
- resistant
- resistantly
- resist-dyed
- resistence
- resistency
- resistentialism
- resistentialist
- resister
- resistful
- resistibility
- resistible
- resistive
- resistive heating
- resistively
- resistiveness
- resistivity