A semiplume feather looks like it is a blend of a contour feather and a down feather. Like a contour
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A semiplume feather looks like it is a blend of a contour feather and a down feather. Like a contour feather it has a supportive shaft, but like a down feather it has filamentary branches (barbs) and branchlets (barbules).