filamento

Definitions of filamento
  1. noun
    a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
  2. noun
    a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
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    type of:
    estructura anatómica
    a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
  3. noun
    the stalk of a stamen
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    cabillo, caña, cálamo, pedúnculo, rabillo, tallo, troncho, tronco
    a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
  4. noun
    a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
    synonyms: brizna, hilo, pelo
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    telaraña
    filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
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    fibra
    a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
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