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pensile

 
Dictionary: pen·sile   (pĕn'sīl') pronunciation

adj.
  1. Hanging loosely; suspended: the pensile nest of the Baltimore oriole.
  2. Having or building a hanging nest. Used of birds.

[Latin pēnsilis, from pēnsus, past participle of pendēre, to hang.]


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adjective

    Hung or appearing to be hung from a support: dangly, hanging, pendulous. See hang.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hængende

Nederlands (Dutch)
hangend, (vogel) die een hangend nest bouwt

Français (French)
adj. - pendant, suspendu, suspendu (nid d'oiseaux)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - herunterhängend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κρεμαστός

Italiano (Italian)
pensile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pênsil

Русский (Russian)
подвешенный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pensil, colgante, que construye nidos colgantes

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hängande, svävande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
悬垂的, 筑悬巢的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 懸垂的, 築懸巢的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 매달린, 드리운, 흔들흔들하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - たれ下がった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متدل, معلق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮תלוי, מיטלטל, בונה קן תלוי (ציפור)‬


 
 
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