filoplume

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

filoplume (plural filoplumes)

  1. (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

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