plumose adjective. [plu:'mǝʊs, 'plu:mǝʊs] M18.
[Latin plumosus, from pluma PLUME noun: see -OSE¹.]
Chiefly Zoology, Botany, & Mineralogy. Feathery; having feathers or feather-like structures; resembling a feather, esp. in having two series of fine separated filaments on opposite sides.
plumose anemone a sea anemone of the genus Metridium, having feathery tentacles.

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