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pilus in WordNet English dictionary
noun- any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
"there is a hair in my soup"
hair pilus
- hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
pilus
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pilus in English Wiktionary
- (noun) (microbiology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria
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