filoplume
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin filum (“a thread”) + pluma (“a soft feather”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
filoplume (plural filoplumes)
- (ornithology, archaic) A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
- filoplumes of chickens
Related terms
See also
- pinfeather (not to be confused)
References
- “filoplume”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.