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membranaceus

membranaceus · adj

of skin

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

membrānācĕus — Lewis & Short

membrānācĕus and -cĭus, a, um, adj.membrana,

I of skin or membrane, skinny, membranaceous (post-Aug.).

I Lit.: vespertilio, cui membranaceae pinnae uni, Plin. 10, 61, 81, § 168: PVGILLARES, of parchment, Inscr. Grut. 174, 7.—

II Like a skin or membrane: quibusdam cortex membranaceus, ut viti, arundini, Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126.

In the wild

membranaceus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.31.p1
membranaceae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.61

Where it came from

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