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Definition of Plumosity
1. n. The quality or state of being plumose.
Definition of Plumosity
1. Noun. The quality or state of being plumose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plumosity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumosity
Literary usage of Plumosity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1915)
"The large size, the weak plumosity of the antennas, the form of the palpi and
the poorly developed lateral ciliation of the abdomen, are an assistance to ..."
2. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1905)
"plumosity of antennae yellowish. Mesonotum thinly gray pruinose and clothed with
golden yellow hairs. Legs rather slender, very hairy, first joint of hind ..."
3. Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae by Samuel Wendell Williston (1886)
"... is not true, rate or slight plumosity of the arista is of little value in
generic timi. ... plumosity, on the other hand, is of excellent value in ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1883)
"(The length of the abdomen is .67 mm., and the length of the middle bristle
is .62 mm.) The plumosity of the large caudal ..."
5. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1902)
"... plumosity of male brown mixed with whitish and changing into white at the apex
... haltères, knees and tarsi yellow; plumosity of male antennae yellow, ..."
6. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1908)
"It is to be noted that the plumosity is always stronger on the upper or outer
than on the under or inner side. Those forms which have the basal joints of ..."
7. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1908)
"What light does this function of the arista throw on the question of its nudity,
pubescence, or plumosity? Simply that the separate hairs have a tactile ..."
8. The Development of the American Alligator (A. Mississippiensis) by Albert Moore Reese (1908)
"What light does this function of the arista throw on the question of its nudity,
pubescence, or plumosity? Simply that the separate hairs have a tactile ..."
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