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pensile
[ pen-sahyl, -sil ]
adjective
- hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- building a hanging nest.
pensile
/ pɛnˈsɪlɪtɪ; ˈpɛnsaɪl /
adjective
- ornithol designating or building a hanging nest
pensile birds
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Derived Forms
- pensility, noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pensile1
C17: from Latin pensilis hanging down, from pendēre to hang
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Example Sentences
Their nests, which are semi-pensile, are often placed in giant yucca trees, or in vines that are suspended from cacti.
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Their nests are semi-pensile and usually placed in mesquite trees not more than ten or fifteen feet from the ground.
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That long black wasp, commonly called a Jack Spaniard, builds pensile paper nests under every roof and shed.
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The Philippine and Pensile Grosbeak make also very curious nests.
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Four or five weeping-willows, their stems leaning towards the grave, hang their pensile branches over it.
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