membranaceous
English
Etymology
From Latin membrānāceus.
Adjective
membranaceous (comparative more membranaceous, superlative most membranaceous)
- Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 75:
- "Nay he confirms what his Antagonist has wrote, partly by History, and partly by Reason; affirming that himself in his own Garden found two little birds with membranaceous wings utterly devoid of Legs, their form was near to that of a Bat's."
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 75:
Synonyms
- (resembling a membrane): membranous
Related terms
- membrane
- membranous
Translations
resembling or having properties of a membrane
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