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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal;
- Example: "there is a hair in my soup"
[syn: hair, pilus]

2. hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pilus
    n 1: any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing
         from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my
         soup" [syn: hair, pilus]
    2: hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or
       microorganism