pensile
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
building a hanging nest.
Origin of pensile
1Words Nearby pensile
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How to use pensile in a sentence
Their nests, which are semi-pensile, are often placed in giant yucca trees, or in vines that are suspended from cacti.
Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies | Chester A. (Chester Albert) ReedTheir nests are semi-pensile and usually placed in mesquite trees not more than ten or fifteen feet from the ground.
Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies | Chester A. (Chester Albert) ReedThat long black wasp, commonly called a Jack Spaniard, builds pensile paper nests under every roof and shed.
At Last | Charles KingsleyThe Philippine and pensile Grosbeak make also very curious nests.
Four or five weeping-willows, their stems leaning towards the grave, hang their pensile branches over it.
British Dictionary definitions for pensile
/ (ˈpɛnsaɪl) /
ornithol designating or building a hanging nest: pensile birds
Origin of pensile
1Derived forms of pensile
- pensility (pɛnˈsɪlɪtɪ) or pensileness, noun
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