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filose

American  
[fahy-lohs] / ˈfaɪ loʊs /

adjective

  1. threadlike.

  2. ending in a threadlike process.

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

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