"Filament" is a word in ENGLISH
A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp.
(Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.
What should you, O man, do, you who seek your own glory whenever you do anything good, while when you do something bad, you figure out ways to blame God.
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What did the farmer say when his fat pig wouldn't fit into the pen? "There's more there than meets the sty."
Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae …
Read the complete definitionA plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to …
Read the complete definitionThe soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without …
Read the complete definitionAny fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of …
Read the complete definitionOne of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the …
Read the complete definitionA disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the …
Read the complete definitionSuspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of …
Read the complete definitionTerminating in a threadlike process.
Read the complete definitionA more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.
Read the complete definitionA threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
Read the complete definitionThe male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with …
Read the complete definitionA minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, …
Read the complete definitionA threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
Read the complete definitionAny fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on …
Read the complete definitionA nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very …
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