Membranaceous

Origin

From Latin membrānāceus.

Full definition of membranaceous

Adjective

1. Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
• 1662, Henry More, , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 75:"Nay he confirms what his Antagonist has wrote, partly by History, and partly by Reason; affirming that himself in his own Garden found two little birds with membranaceous wings utterly devoid of Legs, their form was near to that of a Bat's."

Synonyms

• (resembling a membrane) membranous

Related terms

• membrane
• membranous