neoptile
English
Noun
neoptile (uncountable)
- The down or light, fluffy feathers on a young bird.
- 2012, Barn Own Conservation Handbook:
- Newly hatched young are naked and pink, but within a few days a short white down known as the neoptile unfolds from the skin (Kniprath & Stier 2008).
- 2017, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, 28 June:
- Among the neoptile feathers occur isolated bristle-like filaments, whose origin and function are unclear.
- 2012, Barn Own Conservation Handbook:
Anagrams
- pleonite