lacteous
adj/ˈlæktiəs/
Etymology See lacteal.
1
Archaic Milky; resembling milk.
- For though we leave out the Lacteous circle (which Aratus, Geminus, and Proclus, out of him hath numbered among the rest) yet are there more by four than Philo mentions ; that is, the Horizon, Meridian and both the Colures ; circles very considerable1686, Thomas Brown, The Works of the Learned Sir Thomas Brown, Kt:
2
Archaic Lacteal; conveying chyle.
- lacteous vessels
- Synonyms
- lactean, lactescent, emulsive, milken, milky, lacteal, lacteous, lactiferous
- Related terms
- milk
- Hypernyms
- fluidic, semifluid, semiliquid, thick