Meaning

1 senses
  1. (rare)An aftershaft.

Origin

From New Latin hypoptilum, from hypo- + Ancient Greek πτίλον (ptílon, “soft feathers, down

From New Latin hypoptilum, from hypo- + Ancient Greek πτίλον (ptílon, “soft feathers, down”).

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Forms

plural: hypoptila
Singularhypoptilum
Pluralhypoptila

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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