English

Noun

plumula ‎(plural plumulas or plumulae)

1. (botany) A plumule.
2. (zoology) A down feather.

References

• plumula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Etymology

From plūma ‎(“feather”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpluː.mu.la/, [ˈpɫuː.mʊ.ɫa]

Noun

plūmula f ‎(genitive plūmulae); first declension

1. a small feather
2. a down feather

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: plumula

References

• plumula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press