English Explanatory Dictionary

filoplume

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

filoplume filoplumes filopluma

Etymology

From Latin filum (“a thread”) + pluma (“a soft feather”).

Related words

pluma filoplumaceous pinfeather
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