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• The downy woodpecker can be found in the same environments as the hairy woodpecker.From the entry the
• I've been feeding several downy ’peckers from my short-perched tubes for years.1980 January 20, Washington Post, m1. From the entry pecker
• An erect slender herb, sparingly subfastigiately branched; branches towards their tips finely downy with hooked hairs.1902, Sir George King, Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, page 132. From the entry subfastigiately
• One of his hens was being attacked by an amethyst starling, plucking her downy feathers to line its nest.2010, Per Wästberg, translated by Tom Geddes, chapter 10, in The Journey of Anders Sparrman, London: Granta, →ISBN, page 172. From the entry amethyst starling
• In downy mildews, it has been possible up to now to avoid undesirable name changes for most phytopathologically important species.2008, Hermann Voglmayr, “Progress and challenges in systematics of downy mildews and white blister rusts: new insights from genes and…. From the entry phytopathologically
• Small hands flailed, the downy head turned from one side to another and suddenly the rosepetal mouth opened and Emily let out a wail.2011, Catherine George, No More Secrets. From the entry rosepetal
• Sitting on a driftwood bench near the guano-spattered tents that are the biologists' summer homes and with downy tern chicks waddling by her feet, Dr.[2006 August 29, Murray Carpenter, “Trying to Export the Success of a Maine Seabird Program”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry tung
• Whether it is a fluffy bunny, a silky guinea pig or a downy hamster, we just love to hold it and feel its softness.2004 May 14, Anne Flood, “10. Cuddly Friends”, in Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil, Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC. From the entry fluffy bunny
• They can be devastating to certain plants if left uncontrolled: a downy mildew of grapes decimated European vineyards during the nineteenth century.2001, Otis C. Maloy, Timothy D. Murray, et al., Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology, volume 1, page 379. From the entry decimate
• Hesitantly, she used one finger to stroke the very top of the mons, surprised at its fatty, downy fullness — unfamiliar, despite a life of touching herself.2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 316. From the entry mons
• The two distant shifts of downy mildews across three subfamilies of Asteraceae occurred rather recently, and in Asteroideae, a coevolutive adaptation has apparently not yet led to speciation.2015 August 1, “Host Jumps and Radiation, Not Co‐Divergence Drives Diversification of Obligate Pathogens. A Case Study in Downy Mildews…. From the entry coevolutive

Meaning of downy

1. adjective Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.
2. adjective Sharp-witted, perceptive.
3. adjective Low-spirited; down in the mouth.

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How do you use downy in a sentence?

Downy is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.”

What is a short sentence with downy?

“to do the downy (i.e. lie in bed)”

What does downy mean?

Downy means having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.