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Synonyms
1. pilus
noun. any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.
Synonyms
- mammal
- mammalian
- ingrown hair
- filum
- hair
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2. pilus
noun. hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism.
Synonyms
- micro-organism
- hair
Sentences with pilus
1. Noun, singular or mass
The bacterium that extends the sex pilus then copies a plasmid and passes the copy through the tube into the other bacterium.
2. Coordinating conjunction
The word *pilus* (plural is pili) comes from the Latin word for hair.