filoplume

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noun

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

“filoplumes of chickens”

OriginLatin filum →
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Meanings

nounfiloplume (plural filoplumes)

plural filoplumes · alternative filopluma

  1. archaicbiologyA hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.

    filoplumes of chickens

Origin

  1. Latinfilum“a thread”
  2. Englishfiloplume

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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