Filiferous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Producing or constituting threads. not-comparable
"Like the Polypes , they capture their prey by the agency of tentacles ; and their integuments are furnished with a multitude of filiferous capsules , the stinging power of which in many cases is very great."
Example
More examples"Like the Polypes , they capture their prey by the agency of tentacles ; and their integuments are furnished with a multitude of filiferous capsules , the stinging power of which in many cases is very great."
Etymology
From Latin filum (“a thread”) + -ferous.
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