nounWord forms: plural-brils or -brillae (-ˈbrɪliː)
1.
a small fibre or part of a fibre
2. biology
a threadlike structure, such as a root hair or a thread of muscle tissue
Derived forms
fibrilar (ˈfibrilar) or fibrillar (fiˈbrillar) or fibrillose (fiˈbrillose)
adjective
fibrilliform (fiˈbrilliˌform)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from New Latin fibrilla a little fibre
Examples of 'fibrillae' in a sentence
fibrillae
On night 2, maximal proportions erected fibrillae and swarmed, and over one-third of females became inseminated.
Cannon James W, Gary Richard E, Foster Woodbridge A 2009, 'Effect of sugar on male Anopheles gambiae mating performance, as modifiedby temperature, space, and body size', Parasites & Vectorshttp://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/2/1/19. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)