‖n.;
a. [ L. tenuis thin + folium a leaf. ] (Bot.) Having thin or narrow leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Tenuous. ] Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. (Zool.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous. ]
a. [ L. tenuis thin + folium a leaf. ] (Bot.) Having thin or narrow leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Tenuous. ] Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. (Zool.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
n. [ L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous. ]