filose

[ fahy-lohs ]

adjective
  1. ending in a threadlike process.

Origin of filose

1
1815–25; <Latin fīl(um) a thread + -ose1

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British Dictionary definitions for filose

filose

/ (ˈfaɪləʊs, -ləʊz) /


adjective
  1. biology resembling or possessing a thread or threadlike process: filose pseudopodia

Origin of filose

1
C19: from Latin fīlum thread

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