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gossamer
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adjective
(= ethereal)
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
this smallest and most ethereal of birds
gossamer shading through his playing
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noun
a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
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noun
(= cobweb)
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
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adjective
(= diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, sheer, transparent, vaporous)
so thin as to transmit light
a hat with a diaphanous veil
filmy wings of a moth
gauzy clouds of dandelion down
gossamer cobwebs
sheer silk stockings
transparent chiffon
vaporous silks
winged
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adjective
having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind
the winged feet of Mercury
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adjective
very fast; as if with wings
on winged feet
butterflies
noun
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(by ellipsis) butterflies in one's stomach