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filate

[ fahy-leyt ]
/ ˈfaɪ leɪt /
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adjective Zoology.

threadlike.

Nearby words

  1. filariasis,
  2. filaricide,
  3. filariform,
  4. filariid,
  5. filasse,
  6. filatov flap,
  7. filature,
  8. filbert,
  9. filch,
  10. filcher

Origin of filate

1820–30; < Latin fīl(um) a thread + -ate1
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