fibrilla
Americannoun
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fibrillae
plural
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While they consist of a “dual” thread, each unit of these is complex, being made up of a number of fibrillae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
Sweeping fibrillae came down to the ground and seemed to serve as feet.
From Jimsy and the Monsters by Walter J. Sheldon
Some of the fibrillae in the latter region become attached to the chromosomes and are termed “mantle fibres”; others become continuous from one centrosome to the other and constitute the “spindle fibres.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Fig. 9b.—Gregarina munieri, showing the network of myocyte fibrillae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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