About The Word Plumule
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Plumule
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What's The Definition Of Plumule?
[n] down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
Synonyms | Synonyms for Plumule: Related Terms | Find terms related to Plumule: See Also | down | down feather Plumule In Webster's Dictionary \Plu"mule\, n. [L. plumula, dim. of pluma a feather; cf.
F. plumule.]
1. (Bot.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the
bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the
cotyledons. See Illust. of {Radicle}. --Gray.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A down feather.
(b) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under
{Feather}.
(c) One of the featherlike scales of certain male
butterflies.
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