filose

[ fahy-lohs ]
/ ˈfaɪ loʊs /

adjective

ending in a threadlike process.

Origin of filose

1815–25; < Latin fīl(um) a thread + -ose1

British Dictionary definitions for filose

filose
/ (ˈfaɪləʊs, -ləʊz) /

adjective

biology resembling or possessing a thread or threadlike process filose pseudopodia

Word Origin for filose

C19: from Latin fīlum thread