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plumose

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plu·mose  (plms)
adj.
1. Having feathers or featherlike growths; feathered.
2. Resembling a plume; feathery.
[Latin plmsus, from plma, feather.]
plumosely adv.
plu·mosi·ty (-ms-t) n.
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Adj.1.plumose - having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft
plumate, plumed
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
feathered - having or covered with feathers; "our feathered friends"


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