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Found 2 items, similar to plumule.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: plumule
plumule
n : down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Plumule
Plumula
\Plu"mu*la\, n.; pl. L.
Plumule, E.
-las. [L. See
Plumule.]
1. (Bot.) A plumule.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A down feather.
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Plumule
\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.
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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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