pullus

American  

[puhl-uhs] / ˈpʌl əs /

noun

pulli plural

1. a young bird; a chick.

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pullus British  

/ ˈpʊləs /

noun

1. a technical term for a chick or young bird

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pulli
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pullus

First recorded in 1765–75; from New Latin, Latin: “a young animal”; see origin at pullet

Example Sentences

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pullus pulli

Comparisons.—For comparisons with B. m. handleyi, B. m. grisescens, B. m. musculus, B. m. pallidus, and B. m. pullus, see accounts of those subspecies.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

Comparisons.—For comparisons with B. m. pullus and B. m. handleyi, see accounts of those subspecies.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

Remarks.—B. m. pullus resembles B. m. nigrescens in size and color but can readily be distinguished from nigrescens by the shorter tail.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

NW San Salvador were considerably darker than paratypes of grisescens and were nearly intermediate in color between nigrescens and pullus.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

The areas of white hairs in grisescens are in broad patches on the pectoral region, while in pullus, a white stripe passes from the pectoral region to the inguinal region in both males and females.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

They acknowledge a Supreme Being, the creator of all things, whom they name Pillan, a word derived from pulli or pilli, the soul.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert