filose

[ fahy-lohs ]

adjective

1. threadlike.
2. ending in a threadlike process.

filose

/ ˈfaɪləʊs; -ləʊz /

adjective

1. biology resembling or possessing a thread or threadlike process

   filose pseudopodia

Word History and Origins

Origin of filose¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of filose¹

C19: from Latin fīlum thread