filoplume

[ fil-uh-ploom, fahy-luh- ]
/ ˈfɪl əˌplum, ˈfaɪ lə- /

noun Ornithology.

a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.

Origin of filoplume

1880–85; < New Latin filopluma, equivalent to Latin fīl(um) a thread + -o- -o- + plūma plume

Words nearby filoplume

British Dictionary definitions for filoplume

filoplume
/ (ˈfɪləˌpluːm, ˈfaɪ-) /

noun

ornithol any of the hairlike feathers that lack vanes and occur between the contour feathers

Word Origin for filoplume

C19: from New Latin fīloplūma, from Latin fīlum thread + plūma feather