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filose

[ fahy-lohs ]

adjective

  2. ending in a threadlike process.

filose

/ ˈfaɪləʊs; -ləʊz /

adjective

  1. biology resembling or possessing a thread or threadlike process

    filose pseudopodia

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Word History and Origins

Origin of filose1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of filose1

C19: from Latin fīlum thread

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