Word
pilus, n.
hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
<noun.animal>
pilus
semantic pointers
part holonym
microorganism, micro-organism
hypernym
hair
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
<noun.body>
hair
pilus
sample sentences
"there is a hair in my soup"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
pilar
semantic pointers
part holonym
mammal, mammalian
hypernym
filament, filum
hyponym
ingrown hair