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filamentous
noun(fil-a-ment)
a single thread or a thin flexible threadlike object, process, or appendage : such as
filamentous
noun(fil-a-ment)
a tenuous conductor (as of carbon or metal) made incandescent by the passage of an electric current; specifically : a cathode in the form of a metal wire in an electron tube
filamentous
noun(fil-a-ment)
a thin and fine elongated constituent part of a gill

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