Hypertext Webster Gateway: "filiform"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Filiform \Fil"i*form\, a. [L. filum thread + -form: cf. F.
filiforme.]
Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform
papill[ae] of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See
Illust. of {Antenn[AE]}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
filiform
adj : thin in diameter; resembling a thread [syn: {filamentous}, {filamentlike},
{threadlike}, {thready}]
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