penduline adjective & noun. ['pɛndjʊlʌɪn] E19.
[French, from mod. Latin pendulinus, from Latin pendulus PENDULOUS: see -INE¹.]
Ornithology.
A. adjective. (Of a bird's nest) pendulous, hanging; (of a bird) building a hanging nest; spec. designating a tit of the family Remizidae, esp. the Eurasian Remiz pendulinus. E19.
b. noun. A penduline tit. L19.

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