filose

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adjective

Terminating in a thread-like process, or threadlike

“filose activity”

OriginLatin filum →
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Meanings

adjectivefilose (comparative more filose, superlative most filose)

comparative more filose · superlative most filose

  1. Terminating in a thread-like process, or threadlike

    filose activity

    3 more examples

    a filose amoeba

    filose bristles

    filose cytoplasts

Origin

  1. Latinfilum“a thread”
  2. Englishfilose

From Latin filum (“a thread”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“filose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filose.

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