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filose

filose adjective: terminating in a thread-like process, or threadlike.

Adjective

filose (comparative more filose, superlative most filose)

  1. Terminating in a thread-like process, or threadlike
    • filose activity
    • a filose amoeba

Forms of filose

comparativemore filose
superlativemost filose

Origin of filose

From Latin filum (“a thread”).

Questions about filose

What does filose mean?
Filose means terminating in a thread-like process, or threadlike.
What part of speech is filose?
Filose is an adjective.

Words near filose in the dictionary

  1. filopodium
  2. filopods
  3. filos
  4. Filosa
  5. Filosas
  6. filose
  7. filoselle
  8. filoselles
  9. filoviral
  10. filovirid
  11. filovirida

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