filose

American  

[fahy-lohs] / ˈfaɪ loʊs /

adjective

1. threadlike.

2. ending in a threadlike process.

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filose British  

/ ˈfaɪləʊs, -ləʊz /

adjective

1. 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

Example Sentences

Shelled filose amoebae like Microgromia are diverse and fairly common, but close to nothing is known about them.

From Scientific American

Filose, fī′lōs, adj. ending in a thread-like process.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

Filose: ending in a thread-like process.

From Project Gutenberg

Add, 'In 1911, Michael Filose of Gwālior was appointed K.C.I.E.'

From Project Gutenberg

He retained eight battalions always about him, under the command of a Neapolitan named Filose, and continued to reside at Punah; the Begam Sumroo and her new husband were at Sardhana; de Boigne at Aligarh; and Thomas still engaged in conquering the country which had been nominally conferred upon him by a chieftain who had no right to it himself.

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