Consisting of filaments

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  • 2horsehair lichen — noun any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair • Syn: ↑horsetail lichen • Hypernyms: ↑lichen • Member Holonyms: ↑Alectoria, ↑genus Alectoria * * * noun …

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  • 3filamentous — a. 1. Filiform, thread shaped, fibrillous. 2. Consisting of filaments, fibrous …

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  • 4horsetail lichen — noun any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair • Syn: ↑horsehair lichen • Hypernyms: ↑lichen • Member Holonyms: ↑Alectoria, ↑genus Alectoria * * * noun …

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  • 5filamentary — |filə|mentərē, n.trē, ri adjective : having the characteristics of a filament : formed by or consisting of filaments filamentary crystals a filamentary structure …

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  • 6polytene — Consisting of many filaments of chromatin as the result of repeated division of chromonema without separation of filaments. * * * poly·tene päl i .tēn adj relating to, being, or having chromosomes each of which consists of many strands with the… …

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  • 7cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… …

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  • 8protein — proteinaceous /proh tee nay sheuhs, tee i nay /, proteinic, proteinous, adj. /proh teen, tee in/, n. 1. Biochem. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the… …

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  • 9fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… …

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  • 10muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …

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