fibril

Noun
  1. A very slender natural or synthetic fiber (synset 114892009)
    is a type of: fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
    subtypes:
    • barb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
    • cobweb, gossamer - filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
    • chromatid - one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis
    • myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle - one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber
    • rhizoid - any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
    • hypha - any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus
    • paraphysis - a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
    same as: filament, strand

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