Pilus
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
polysemousWordset Dictionary
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- hair
- plural
- Piluses
- possessive
- Pilus's
- pluralpossessive
- Piluses'