Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plumule"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plumula \Plu"mu*la\, n.; pl. L. {Plumule}, E.{-las}. [L. See
{Plumule}.]
1. (Bot.) A plumule.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A down feather.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plumule
n : down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
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