Definition of Plumules

1. plumule [n] - See also: plumule

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumules

plumpness
plumpnesses
plumps
plumpy
plums
plumula
plumulaceous
plumulae
plumular
plumularia
plumulariae
plumularian
plumularians
plumularias
plumule
plumules (current term)
plumulose
plumy
plunder
plunderable
plunderage
plundered
plunderer
plunderers
plunderfish
plunderfishes
plundering
plunderous
plunders
plunge

Literary usage of Plumules

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society by Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (1868)
"Further Remarks on the plumules or Battledore Scales of some of the Lepidoptera, with Illustrations by Mr. J. SIDEBOTHAM. By JOHN WATSON, Esq. [Head before ..."

2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"The antenna; with long plumules compared with those of normal î s and with numerous dark hairs fringing them as in normal î s ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1856)
"Of these— 41 radicles and 19 plumules came up in one instance X ' dk 46 radicles and 18 ... 44 radicles and 18 plumules came up under green glass. ..."

4. Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by American supplement, Encyclopaedia britannica (1884)
"... and usually dense nasal plumules concealing the nostrils ; related to the starlings and birds-of-paradise, and comprising the ravens, crows, rooks, ..."

5. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1856)
"Of these— 46 radicles and 18 plumules came up under violet light. 41 radicles and 19 plumules came up in one instance "1 . , , 44 radicles and 18 ..."

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