Literally, "feathery." Used to describe some of a tarantula's "hair."
Resembling a fan or feather.
a. (L. plumosus, feather) with hairlike branches, feathery.
covered with feathery setae, or with fine hairs or microsetae
having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft
Like a feather, usually applied to the spination of Turbinicarpus seedlings and adult T. valdezianus.
like a feather; with fine hairs branching from a central axis.
( Plu-mose): feather-like in appearance.
having feathers or feather-like growths or resembling a plume.
Feathery appearance often from long dense pubescence; the pappus of some Asteraceae.
Feathery in appearance, having fine hairs on each side.