filateadj.
/ˈfʌɪlət/ Entomology.
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1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 294 Margin..Filate..when the edge is separated by a channel, often producing a very slender threadlike margin.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 324 Filate..when inversatile antennæ have neither a terminal nor a lateral bristle.
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adj.1826- to get a person by the short hairs
- to get a person cold
- to get a person dead to rights
- to get a person in wrong
- to get a person nowhere
- to get a person on a slow boat to china
- to get a person on his etc feet
- to get a person on his feet
- to get a person on his her feet
- to get a person on the back foot
- to get a person on the raw
- to get a person somewhere
- to get a person to rights
- to get a person where the hair is short
- to get a person's back
- to get a person's back up
- to get a person's drift
- to get a person's goat
- to give utterance
- to give utterance to something
- to give vent
- to give vogue
- to give voice
- to give voice to
- to give wall