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pilus

/ pilus /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
Type of:
hair
Has parts:
microorganism
noun Sense 2
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
"there is a hair in my soup"
Type of:
filament filum
Kinds of:
ingrown hair
Has parts:
mammal
Semantic Complexity
55%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
6
Times Searched
12
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hair filament filum ingrown hair