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filose

[ fahy-lohs ]

adjective

  1. ending in a threadlike process.


filose

/ ˈfaɪləʊs; -ləʊz /

adjective

  1. biology resembling or possessing a thread or threadlike process

    filose pseudopodia

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of filose1

1815–25; < Latin ī ( um ) a thread + -ose 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of filose1

C19: from Latin īum thread
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Shelled filose amoebae like Microgromia are diverse and fairly common, but close to nothing is known about them.

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Filose, fī′lōs, adj. ending in a thread-like process.—n.

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Filose: ending in a thread-like process.

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Add, 'In 1911, Michael Filose of Gwālior was appointed K.C.I.E.'

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The Mahrattas had 10,000 regulars under Perron, 5,000 under Filose, 3,000 under Hessing, 4,500 under du Drenec and Boyd.

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