Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as plumule.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A plumule.
  • noun (Zoöl.) A down feather.

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  • noun botany A plumule.
  • noun zoology A down feather.

Etymologies

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From Latin plūmula ("a small feather")

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