filiform.

Slender and threadlike in form.

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Words that belong together

• filiform structures
• filiform projections

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Filiform projections extended from the pale surface.

The filiform structures bent as the fluid moved past them.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Shape or coverage adjective; more or most only if actual degree is being compared. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.