fibrilliform

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English

Etymology

From Latin fibrilla (a fine fibre or filament) +‎ -iform.

Adjective

fibrilliform (comparative more fibrilliform, superlative most fibrilliform)

  1. Having the appearance of a thin fibre or group of fibres; fibrous.
    • 1979, Dennis M. Lehmkuhl, How to Know the Aquatic Insects (The Pictured Key Nature Series), Dubuque, I.A.: Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, →ISBN, page 53, column 1:
      Homoeoneuria burrows in loose sand and feeds on material caught in the hairs on the legs. Lachlania has both a platelike and a fibrilliform portion to the gills (Fig. 63B) while Homoeoneuria lacks the latter (Fig. 63C).

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