Having a thread-like form or structure; characterized by thin, slender, hair-like appendages or features.
From Latin filum (thread) plus the adjective suffix '-ose' (full of). Used in scientific descriptions since the 18th century.
The word 'filose' appears in descriptions of everything from sea creatures to fungi—it's one of those specialist terms that reveals how nature loves the thread-like shape for sensing and moving.
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