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Synonyms for filamentous

Grammar : Adj
Spell : fil-uh-men-tuh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˌfɪl əˈmɛn təs


Définition of filamentous

  • As in threadlike : adj like a thread
Example sentences :
  • In some they are spherical, in others rod-like, filamentous or perhaps of other forms.
  • Extract from : « Being Well-Born » by Michael F. Guyer
  • Filamentose, or Filamentous, bearing or formed of slender threads.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
  • In structure they are expanded or filamentous, nearly always rose-coloured or purple in colour.
  • Extract from : « Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils » by Peter Gray
  • The first use made of the filamentous matter, was to substitute it for the wadding used in quilted counterpanes.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 » by Various
  • The external gills are moderately long, slender, and filamentous; the yolk sac is still moderately large.
  • Extract from : « Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca » by William E. Duellman
  • The filamentous detail of the inner corona, and the faintest outlying extensions or streamers, the eye must still reveal directly.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd
  • Siliceous skeletons of chara and filamentous alg were also found upon a close examination in some of these molds.
  • Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898 » by Various
  • In a similar way the petals and labellum of Odontoglossum Uro-Skinneri have been found reduced to filamentous processes.
  • Extract from : « Vegetable Teratology » by Maxwell T. Masters
  • The external gills are long and filamentous, and the yolk sac is large.
  • Extract from : « Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca » by William E. Duellman
  • Numerous long, filamentous, red to orange-colored cirri extend nearly the whole length of the body and act as gills.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold

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