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pensile definition

pen·sile (pen′sil, -sīl′)

adjective

  1. hanging
  2. having or building a hanging nest

Etymology: L pensilis < pp. of pendere, to hang: see pendant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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