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Plumule

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
  2. 2
    down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds wordnet
  3. 3
    A down feather.
  4. 4
    The aftershaft of a feather.
  5. 5
    One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

Etymology

From Latin plūmula, diminutive of plūma (“feather”); compare French plumule.

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