FILOPLUME


Meaning of FILOPLUME in English

/fil"euh ploohm', fuy"leuh-/ , n. Ornith.

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

[ 1880-85; filopluma, equiv. to L fil ( um ) a thread + -o- -O- + pluma PLUME ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .