plumicorn

English

Etymology

From Latin pluma (“feather”) + cornu (“horn”).

Noun

plumicorn (plural plumicorns)

(zoology) An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls.

References

“plumicorn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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