Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Feathered on all sides.
  • 2. In architecture, same as peripteral.
  • 3. In botany, surrounded by a wing or thin border.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Arch.) Peripteral.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) Feathered all around.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective architecture peripteral
  • adjective zoology feathered all around

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