spumous

spume

 (spyo͞om)
n.
Foam or froth on a liquid, as on the sea.
intr.v. spumed, spum·ing, spumes
To froth or foam.
[Middle English, from Old French espume, from Latin spūma.]
spu′mous, spum′y adj.
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spumous

adjective
Consisting of or resembling foam:
foamy, frothy, lathery, spumy, sudsy, yeasty.
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Down upon the river that was black and thick with dye, some Coketown boys who were at large - a rare sight there - rowed a crazy boat, which made a spumous track upon the water as it jogged along, while every dip of an oar stirred up vile smells.
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Circular muscle cells, spumous cells, and large, vacuolated cells lie within the outer region of the epidermis (Fig.
Tentacle Musculature in the Cubozoan Jellyfish Carybdea marsupialis
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