plumula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin plūmula (“a small feather”). === Noun === plumula (plural plumulas or plumulae) (botany) A plumule. (zoology) A down feather. === References === “plumula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === From plūma (“feather”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫuː.mʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpluː.mu.la] === Noun === plūmula f (genitive plūmulae); first declension a small feather a down feather ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: plúmula English: plumule, plumula → Spanish: plúmula → Portuguese: plúmula === References === “plumula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press