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calamus

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7 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aaclmsuStarts with CEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the hollow spine of a feather

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”). Doublet of culm, haulm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), qalam, and shawm.

Used in a sentence

  • Thus, the four distinct feather parts that have been compared as to amino acid content to note whether or not the composition is uniform are rachis, barbs, calamus and medulla.
  • In follicles late in feather growth, after rupture of the feather sheath, this canal contained the upper part of the calamus.
  • Chapin asserted that the calamus is firmly fixed in the wing

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