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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber;
[syn: fibril, filament, strand]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fibril \Fi"bril\, n. [F. fibrille, dim. of fibre, L. fibra.] A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla. --Cheyne. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fibril n 1: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: fibril, filament, strand]