The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
2000.

filoplume

SYLLABICATION: fil�o�plume
PRONUNCIATION:   fl-plm, fl-
NOUN: A hairlike feather having few or no barbs, usually located between
contour feathers.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin flum, thread; see gwh- in Appendix I + plume.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Aftershaft feathers


> I was waiting for that.  That is one of those things that always starts a
debate.
>
> john
>
> "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Dean,
> >Hate to contradict, but the filoplume is a hairlike follicle between
feathers, not an aftershaft.
> >
> >DonO
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Dean Larson
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 5:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: [VFB] Aftershaft feathers
> >
> >
> > Wes
> > After shaft is also called filo flume.
> > Dean
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > In a message dated 2/16/2005 7:49:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> >
> > No other possibilities??
> >
> > Wes
> >
> >
> > Do you have any other phesant? they all have about the same type of
feathers. Try a Golden, or a Silver, or even an Ameherst(sp)
> > Del
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