FILOPLUME

Etymology

Noun

filoplume (plural filoplumes)

(zoology, archaic) A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.

Source: Wiktionary


Fil"o*plume, n. Etym: [L. filum a thread pluma a soft feather.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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