Defenition of the word pilus

• Defenition of the word pilus

  • hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
  • any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"
  • any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

Meronymys for the word pilus

• • mammal
  • microorganism

Hyponyms for the word pilus

• • ingrown hair

Hypernyms for the word pilus

• • filament
  • filum
  • hair

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