Etymology

filoplume

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Today it means: A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length. Full definition →

Latin filum
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  1. Latin · derived fromfilum“a thread”
  2. English todayfiloplume

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

Words from the same roots

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