filoplume

American

[fil-uh-ploom, fahy-luh-] / ˈfɪl əˌplum, ˈfaɪ lə- /

noun

Ornithology.

a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.

filoplume British

/ ˈfaɪ-, ˈfɪləˌpluːm /

noun

ornithol any of the hairlike feathers that lack vanes and occur between the contour feathers

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Etymology

Origin of filoplume

1880–85; < New Latin filopluma, equivalent to Latin fīl ( um ) a thread + -o- -o- + plūma plume

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Filoplume, fī′lo-plōōm, n. a long slender feather.

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