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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. thin in diameter; resembling a thread;
[syn: filamentous, filiform, filamentlike, threadlike, thready]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Filamentous \Fil`a*men"tous\, a. [Cf. F. filamenteux.]
   Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. --Gray.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

filamentous
    adj 1: thin in diameter; resembling a thread [syn:
           filamentous, filiform, filamentlike, threadlike,
           thready]