filoplume

English

Alternative forms

• filopluma

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

Related terms

• pluma
• filoplumaceous

See also

• pinfeather (not to be confused)

References

• “filoplume”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.