filopluma

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A form of filoplume — A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.

OriginLatin filum →
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Meanings

nounfilopluma (plural filoplumae)

plural filoplumae

  1. alternativeAlternative form of filoplume.

Origin

  1. Latinfilum“a thread”
  2. Englishfilopluma

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

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APA

filopluma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filopluma

MLA

“filopluma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filopluma. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filopluma,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filopluma.

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