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plumous

plumous is the alternative form of plumose.

Meaning of plumose

Adjective

plumose (comparative more plumose, superlative most plumose)

  1. Having feathers or plumes.
  2. Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather.
    • Male mosquitoes have plumose antennae
    Synonyms:
    feathery, plumelike

Forms of plumous

comparativemore plumous
superlativemost plumous

Questions about plumous

What is plumous the alternative form of?
Plumous is the alternative form of plumose.

Words near plumous in the dictionary

  1. plumose
  2. plumose alum
  3. plumosely
  4. plumosite
  5. plumosity
  6. plumous
  7. plump
  8. plump down
  9. plump for
  10. plump up
  11. plumpage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plumous (page history and authors); plumose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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