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filiform::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | filamentlike, filamentous, threadlike, thready |
Examples of filiform
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Filopodia are more slender and filiform with pointed ends, consisting mainly of ectoplasm.
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Filiform papillae exist on the triangular grid.
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It has a filiform habit, like a group of yarns.
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The antennae of butterflies are usually filiform and shaped like clubs, those of the skippers are hooked while those of moths have flagellar segments variously enlarged or branched.
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- Filamentous: thin in diameter; resembling a thread
- These forms of antennae are common amongst many different genera, which have a simple thread-like shape.
- Thread-like. Eg, a thin antenna whose diameter is the same or nearly from tip to base.
- Threadlike, round(terete) in cross section.
- (Fi-li-form): a descriptive term for antennae that appear thread-like because the antennal segments are approximately the same diameter.
- Thread-like, typically used to refer to the corollas of female florets lacking an anther cylinder, where the corolla closely envelops the style, i.e. in the tribe Inuleae, female capitula in Baccharis (tribe Astereae).
- Thread-like, being the same size throughout. (typically pertaining to the antenna)
- L. filum = a thread + forma = form; hair-like, of thread of keratin emerging from the apex of a filiform lingual papilla.
- Thread-like or hair-like, applied especially to antennae.
