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filopluma

filopluma is the alternative form of filoplume.

Meaning of filoplume

Noun

filoplume (plural filoplumes)

  1. (archaic) A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
    • filoplumes of chickens

Forms of filopluma

pluralfiloplumae

Origin of filopluma

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

Questions about filopluma

What is filopluma the alternative form of?
Filopluma is the alternative form of filoplume.

Words near filopluma in the dictionary

  1. filolamellipodia
  2. filolamellipodial
  3. filology
  4. Filomena
  5. Filon
  6. filopluma
  7. filoplumaceous
  8. filoplumae
  9. filoplume
  10. filoplumes
  11. filopod

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