pilus
pi·lus
noun
1.
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
- “there is a hair in my soup”
2.
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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