əˌplum, ˈfaɪ noun Ornithology.
a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.
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| ornithol any of the hairlike feathers that lack vanes and occur between the contour feathers | |
| [C19: from New Latin fīloplūma, from Latin fīlum thread + plūma feather] | |
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