Added 10 October 2026
pilus
/ˈpaɪ̯.ləs/ noun
Latin root: pilus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pilus at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.
there is a hair in my soup
- Hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pile.
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