thread-like
111filiforme — , filiformis L. filum, thread; forma, shape. 1) Leaf blades narrow. Agrostis filiformis, Arundinella filiformis, Atheropogon filiformis, Bouteloua filiformis, Ehrharta filiformis, Eragrostis filiformis, Festuca filiformis, Gymnopogon… …
112Filipedium — L. filum, thread; pes, foot. Inflorescence branches thread like …
113mitopus — Gk mitos, thread; pous, foot. Pedicels thread like …
114nematanthus — Gk nema, thread; anthos, flower. Without description but possibly a reference to thread like peduncles …
115nematostachya — Gk nema, thread; stachys, spike as of an ear of wheat. Branches of panicle thread like …
116filaria — [fɪ lɛ:rɪə] noun (plural filariae rɪi:) a thread like parasitic nematode worm which is transmitted by biting flies and mosquitoes in the tropics, causing disease. [Superfamily Filarioidea.] Derivatives filarial adjective Origin C19: from mod. L.… …
117filiform — [ fʌɪlɪfɔ:m] adjective Biology thread like. Origin C18: from L. filum thread + iform …
118nemato- — [nɪ matəʊ, nɛmətəʊ] (also nemat before a vowel) combining form 1》 denoting something thread like in shape: nematocyst. 2》 Zoology relating to nematodes. Origin from Gk nēma, nēmat thread …
119attenuation — n. 1. Thinning, diminishing, rarefying, making thin, thread like, or slender. 2. Thinness, thread likeness, slenderness, emaciation, slender elongation, extreme slenderness …
120filaria — /fəˈlɛəriə/ (say fuh lairreeuh) noun (plural filariae /fəˈlɛərii/ (say fuh lairreeee)) any of the slender, thread like nematode worms (family Filariidae), parasitic as adults in the blood or tissues of vertebrates, and developing as larvae in… …
