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piliform

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pil⋅i⋅form

  [pil-uh-fawrm]
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–adjective
having the form of a hair; resembling hair.
Origin:
1820–30; < NL piliformis. See pili-, -form
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pil·i·form   (pĭl'ə-fôrm')   
adj.  Having the form of a hair.

[Latin pilus, hair + -form.]
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piliform pi·li·form (pī'lə-fôrm', pĭl'ə-)
adj.
Having the form of a hair.

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