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| Main Entry: |
fiber
 [fahy-ber] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strand of material |
| Synonyms: | cilia, cord, fibril, filament, footlet, grain, grit, hair, shred, staple, string, strip, tendril, thread, tissue, tooth, vein, warp, web, woof |
| Main Entry: | fiber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
capilliform, cilicious, fibrillous, fibrous, filaceous, filamentous, filar, filiform, fimbricate, flagelliform, funicular, magged, ropy, scopate, stringy, sutile, threadlike, towy, wire, xilinous
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| Main Entry: | hair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
achaetous, acomous, aurocephalous, balding, barbatulous, barbigerous, bushy, calvous, capillary, capillose, clean, comose, crinal, crinicultural, crinigerous, crinose, cymotrichous, depilous, euthycomic, glabrous, grizzled, hairy, highlighted, hirsute, hirsutorufous, hispid, layered, leiotrichous, lissotrichous, man, melanocomous, mop, mystacial, peach fuzz, philocomal, pilar, piliform, pilose, processed, ropy, smarmy, strawberry blond, stubbly, teased, towheaded, tweezed, ulotrichous, unshaven, upswept
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Example Sentences
- These were wildly outsize compared with the body, and covered with fine sensory cilia that waved independently.
- The rainbow glow on the jellyfish comes from light reflecting off the creature's cilia.
- The cilia are used for a variety of activities, including swimming and feeding.
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