Fibrilliform

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the appearance of a thin fibre or group of fibres; fibrous.

    "Homoeoneuria burrows in loose sand and feeds on material caught in the hairs on the legs. Lachlania has both a platelike and a fibrilliform portion to the gills (Fig. 63B) while Homoeoneuria lacks the latter (Fig. 63C)."

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"Homoeoneuria burrows in loose sand and feeds on material caught in the hairs on the legs. Lachlania has both a platelike and a fibrilliform portion to the gills (Fig. 63B) while Homoeoneuria lacks the latter (Fig. 63C)."

Etymology

From Latin fibrilla (“a fine fibre or filament”) + -iform.

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