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plumate

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plu⋅mate

  [ploo-meyt, -mit]
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–adjective Zoology.
resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.
Origin:
1820–30; < L plūmātus feathered. See plume, -ate 1
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plu·mate   (plōō'māt')   
adj.  Resembling a plume or feather.

[Latin plūmātus, feathered, from plūma, feather.]
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