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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

filoplume

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
filo-plume
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

filoplumes (plural) filopluma (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

pluma filoplumaceous pinfeather

Questions

What does filoplume mean?
A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
Where does filoplume come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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