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Definition of: pensile
(pen′sil) adjective
1. Pendent and swaying; pendulous; suspended.
2. Hanging loosely: a pensile nest.
3. Constructing pensile nests: said of birds. [<L pensilis hanging down <pensus, pp. of pendere hang]
—pen′·sile·ness, pen·sil′i·ty noun
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