Filamentous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Filamentous \Fil`a*men"tous\, a. [Cf. F. filamenteux.]
     Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  filamentous
       adj : thin in diameter; resembling a thread [syn: {filiform}, {filamentlike},
              {threadlike}, {thready}]