filose

American

[fahy-lohs] / ˈfaɪ loʊs /

adjective

threadlike.
ending in a threadlike process.

filose British

/ ˈfaɪləʊs, -ləʊz /

adjective

biology resembling or possessing a thread or threadlike process

filose pseudopodia

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Etymology

Origin of filose

1815–25; < Latin fīl ( um ) a thread + -ose ¹

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