pilus

See also: Piluś

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pile.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pilus (plural pili)

1. (biology) A hair.
2. (microbiology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria.
3. (biochemistry) A bacterial protein that has several biochemical functions.

Synonyms

• (hairlike appendage): fimbria

See also

• flagellum
• pilus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Pulis, pulis, pusil

Dutch

Noun

pilus m (plural pili)

1. pilus (bacterial appendage)

Estonian

Noun

pilus

1. inessive singular of pilu