filoplume

[ fil-uh-ploom, fahy-luh- ]

noun

, Ornithology.

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

filoplume

/ ˈfaɪ-; ˈfɪləˌpluːm /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of filoplume¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of filoplume¹

C19: from New Latin fīloplūma , from Latin fīlum thread + plūma feather

Example Sentences

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

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