pullus

American  

[puhl-uhs] / ˈpʌl əs /

noun

plural

pulli

1. a young bird; a chick.

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pullus British  

/ ˈpʊləs /

noun

1. a technical term for a chick or young bird

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Etymology

Origin of pullus

First recorded in 1765–75; from New Latin, Latin: “a young animal”; pullet

Example Sentences

As mentioned in the immediately preceding account, the small Thomomys umbrinus pullus and the large Cratogeomys were found in the same area.

From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.

Remarks.—B. m. pullus resembles B. m. nigrescens in size and color but can readily be distinguished from nigrescens by the shorter tail.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

This shell is somewhat like P. pullus, Turbo pullus of Montague, but the whorls are more convex, and it is rather differently marked.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker

Further collection in areas between central Honduras and western Nicaragua may yield specimens of B. musculus that are intermediate in characters between grisescens and pullus.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

NW San Salvador were considerably darker than paratypes of grisescens and were nearly intermediate in color between nigrescens and pullus.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.