fibrilla
noun
a fibril.
fibrillae
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pluralof fibrilla.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
Sweeping fibrillae came down to the ground and seemed to serve as feet.
From Jimsy and the Monsters by Walter J. Sheldon
