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pilus

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pilus in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
    "there is a hair in my soup"
    hair  pilus 
  2. hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
    pilus 
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pilus in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) (microbiology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria
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