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filamenteous

filamenteous is the alternative form of filamentous.

Meaning of filamentous

Adjective

filamentous (comparative more filamentous, superlative most filamentous)

  1. Thin and elongated; wirelike.
  2. Having the form of threads or filaments.
  3. Having filaments; filamented; fimbriate.

Origin of filamenteous

From filament + -eous.

Questions about filamenteous

What is filamenteous the alternative form of?
Filamenteous is the alternative form of filamentous.

Words near filamenteous in the dictionary

  1. filamentar
  2. filamentary
  3. filamentation
  4. filamentations
  5. filamented
  6. filamenteous
  7. filamentiferous
  8. filamenting
  9. filamentless
  10. filamentlike
  11. filamentoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: filamenteous (page history and authors); filamentous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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