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单词 filoplumaceous
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filoplumaceousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin filoplumaceus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin filoplumaceus ( C. L. Nitzsch Pterylographiae avium pars prior (1833) iii. 7; < filopluma filoplume n. + classical Latin -āceus : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier plumaceous adj.
Ornithology. Obsolete.
Of the nature of a filoplume.
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pinnedc1475
sprigged1613
ruffing1627
unwebbed1768
shafted1809
filoplumaceous1868
1868 Rec. Zool. Lit. 1867 4 74 There are three principal forms of feathers—(1) pennaceous, (2) downy, and (3) filoplumaceous.
1890 E. Coues Handbk. Field & Gen. Ornithol. ii. §3. 128 Types of Feathery Structure..3. The hairy, bristly, or filoplumaceous.
a1899 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (1903) I. ii. 88 Some think the thready white plumes on the neck and flanks of Cormorants in nuptial plumage are filoplumaceous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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