pilus

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noun

1. any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
- there is a hair in my soup
• Syn:
hair
• Derivationally related forms:
pilar
• Hypernyms:
filament, filum
• Hyponyms:
ingrown hair
• Part Holonyms:
mammal, mammalian
2. hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
• Hypernyms:
hair
• Part Holonyms:
microorganism, micro-organism