filum
Americannoun
plural
filanoun
Etymology
Origin of filum
1855–60; < Latin: a thread, filament, fiber
Example Sentences
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Handles for table knives and forks, tools, and other implements have been made from the thick stems of oarweeds, and fishing lines from Chorda filum.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter
Desine longævos exposcere sedulus annos Inque bonis multos annumerare dies Atque hodie, fatale velit si rumpere filum Atropos, impavido pectore disce mori.”
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis
“Quod moniales non vendant nec distrahant filum et lor fusees.”
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
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
Chorda filum, sea-rope, another string-like sea-weed, grows in tufts from a few inches to many feet in length, and tapering at the roots to about the thickness of a pig's bristle.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter
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