pergameneous, a.
(pɜːgəˈmiːniːəs)
[f. L. pergamēn-a parchment + -eous.]
Of the nature or texture of parchment; parchmenty.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxv. 606 Something between coriaceous and membranous, which I shall express by the term pergameneous. Ibid. IV. xlvii. 371 Tegmina generally pergameneous, reticulated with nervures. 1866–8 Owen Anat. Vertebr. (L.), This is closed by a pergameneous expansion. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 708 The consistence of the skin is..somewhat pergameneous. |