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 > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
