filum
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of filum
1855–60; < Latin: a thread, filament, fiber
Example Sentences
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“Do you calc’late to do any prayin’ about this here filum Ruth is going to make, ‘The Boys of the Draft’?” he asked.
From Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam by Emerson, Alice B.
Who can trace the filum aquae of the most erratic and arrogant river in all the world?
From The Law of the Land by Hough, Emerson
It lies motionless, trailing itself among the gravel; you cannot tell where it begins or ends; it may be a dead strip of sea-weed, Himanthalia lorea, perhaps, or Chorda filum; or even a tarred string.
From Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore by Kingsley, Charles
A term applied to the sea-laces or Fucus filum.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
A small form is often found parasitic on Chorda filum, spreading out horizontally like the hairs of a bottle brush.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter
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