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pilus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hair |
| Type of | filum, filament |
| Has types | ingrown hair |
| Derivation | pilar |
pilus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | hair |
Examples of pilus
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The first pilus subunits to emerge through the usher are different from the rest.
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This rank is senior to all other centurions, save the primus pilus and pilus prior.
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The primus pilus, the chief centurion of the legion, has no clear parallel.
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When the primus pilus retired he would most likely gain entry into the equestrian class.
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Hultgren's team has identified the major players in pilus assembly.
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They, excluding the primus pilus, were paid 30 times the base wage.
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The most senior centurion in a legion was called primus pilus.
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These adhesins give the pilus the sticky tip that enables the bacterium to get a toehold in human tissue.
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The bacteria started to mutate and quickly lost the pilus structure that had been engineered into them.
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- Hair: any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"
- Hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
- A pilus (Latin for 'hair'; plural : pili) is a hairlike appendage found on the surface of many bacteria. ...
- Pilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudococculinidae.
- (Pili (god)) In Hawaiian mythology, Pili-kaaiea (or Pili-auau) was the 1st Alii Aimoku of Hawaii Island. He was sovereign king or chief,
- (Pili (grass)) Heteropogon contortus is a tropical, perennial tussock grass with a native distribution encompassing Southern Africa, southern Asia, Northern Australia and Oceania. The species has also become a naturalised weed in tropical and subtropical regions in the Americas and East Asia. ...
- (Pili (fibriae)) hairs or filamentous appendages.
- (Pili) Hair-like filamentous structure projecting from the cell wall of some species of bacteria. Within the E. coli pili is the K99 antigen.
- (Pili) products has been identified with Bicol, particularly Sorsogon province which account for 70% of production. At this time it is a must-buy pasalubong and has yet to attain commercial commodity status. ...
