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filoplume

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

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

filoplume meaning in Tamil

filoplume in Tamil

இழை இறகு, இழைச்சிறை

Forms of filoplume

pluralfiloplumes
alternative formfilopluma

Origin of filoplume

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

Questions about filoplume

What does filoplume mean?
Filoplume means a hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
What is filoplume in Tamil?
Filoplume in Tamil is இழை இறகு, இழைச்சிறை. See Filoplume meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is filoplume?
Filoplume is a noun.
What is the plural of filoplume?
The plural of filoplume is filoplumes.

Words near filoplume in the dictionary

  1. Filomena
  2. Filon
  3. filopluma
  4. filoplumaceous
  5. filoplumae
  6. filoplume
  7. filoplumes
  8. filopod
  9. filopodia
  10. filopodial
  11. filopodium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: filoplume (page history and authors); filoplume (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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