Plu*mose" (?), Plu"mous (?), a. [L. plumosus, fr. pluma feather: cf. F. plumeux.]

1.

Having feathers or plumes.

2.

Having hairs, or other p�xa0;rts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles.

 

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