plumicorn

noun

plu·​mi·​corn

ˈplüməˌkȯrn

plural -s

: one of the tufts of lengthened feathers on the head of various owls

the earlike plumicorns of a great horned owl

Word History

Etymology

plumi- (from Latin pluma small soft feather) + -corn (from Latin cornu horn)

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