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filoplume

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filoplume [′fil·ə‚plüm]
(vertebrate zoology)
A specialized feather that may be decorative, sensory, or both; it is always associated with papillae of contour feathers.
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He added that the auklets' crests evolved from filoplumes, long hair- or thread-like feathers that lack normal feather structures and are attached to pressure-sensitive cells so they can detect touch.
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