English noun: pilus | |||
1. | pilus (body) any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal | ||
Samples | There is a hair in my soup. | ||
Synonyms | hair | ||
Broader (hypernym) | filament, filum | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ingrown hair | ||
Part meronym | mammal, mammalian | ||
2. | pilus (animal) hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hair | ||
Part meronym | micro-organism, microorganism | ||