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quadrifilar

quadrifilar adjective: having four wires, threads or filaments.

Adjective

quadrifilar (not comparable)

  1. Having four wires, threads or filaments.

Origin of quadrifilar

From quadri- + filar.

Questions about quadrifilar

What does quadrifilar mean?
Quadrifilar means having four wires, threads or filaments.
What part of speech is quadrifilar?
Quadrifilar is an adjective.

Words near quadrifilar in the dictionary

  1. quadrifarious
  2. quadrifariously
  3. quadrifid
  4. quadrified
  5. quadrifies
  6. quadrifilar
  7. quadrifine
  8. quadriflagellate
  9. quadriflagellates
  10. quadrifocal
  11. quadrifoil

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