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filiform, a.|ˈfaɪlɪfɔːm|
[f. as prec. + -iform, cf. F. filiforme.]
Having the form of a thread; thread-like.
1757Pultney in Phil. Trans. I. 66 The style is filiform. 1811Pinkerton Petral. II. 310 The amorphous lava..sprinkled with filiform crystals of felspar. 1887Ruskin Præterita II. 152 This [inlet] was crossed..by the delicatest of filiform suspension bridges.
Hence ˈfiliformed ppl. a. in same sense.
1851Darwin Cirripedia I. 9, I distinctly saw a long filiformed organ, bearing excessively fine hairs in lines. |