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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of filoplume1

1880–85; < New Latin filopluma, equivalent to Latin ī ( um ) a thread + -o- -o- + ū plume
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of filoplume1

C19: from New Latin īoū , from Latin īum thread + ū feather
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Filoplume, fī′lo-plōōm, n. a long slender feather.

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