Meanings
nounpenduline (plural pendulines)
plural pendulines
- A penduline tit.
The pendulines had hung their white nests / To the reeds and willows;
1867 December, Frédéric Mistral, “Canto VII”, in An English Version […] of Mr Frédéric Mistral's Mirèio […], Avignon, page 154
adjectivependuline (comparative more penduline, superlative most penduline)
comparative more penduline · superlative most penduline
- Hanging, pendulous.
It is their nests that are penduline, intricate hanging baskets of plant down and animal hair.
2007 November 24, Simon Barnes, “A Crisp morning, ready salted”, in The Times
Origin
- Frenchpenduline
- Englishpenduline
From French penduline. See pendulum.
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