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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 | ||
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