plumate

American  

[ploo-meyt, -mit] / ˈplu meɪt, -mɪt /

adjective

Zoology.

1. resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.

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plumate British  

/ -mɪt, ˈpluːmeɪt /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or possessing one or more feathers or plumes

2. resembling a plume; covered with small hairs

   a plumate seed

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Etymology

Origin of plumate

First recorded in 1820–30, plumate is from the Latin word plūmātus feathered. See plume, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

After breakfast he dusted the glass over these portraits himself with a cloth, and brushed the oil painting of his wife with a plumate kept suspended from a small brass hook by the side of the heavy gold frame.

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