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beard, byssus
tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
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bristle
a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
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glass fiber, glass fibre, optical fiber, optical fibre
a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images
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nerve fiber, nerve fibre
a threadlike extension of a nerve cell
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spindle
(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
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loofa, loofah, loufah sponge, luffa
the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
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Cebu maguey, cantala, manila maguey
hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants
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bassine
coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms
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coir
stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut
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raffia
fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets
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string
a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
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fibril, filament, strand
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
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lint
fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
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man-made fiber, synthetic fiber
fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes
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natural fiber, natural fibre
fiber derived from plants or animals
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oakum
loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
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raveling, ravelling
a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
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barb
one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
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cobweb, gossamer
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
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chromatid
one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis
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myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle
one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber
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medullated nerve fiber, myelinated nerve fiber
a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin
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effector
a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion
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axon, axone
long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
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dendrite
short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
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efferent fiber, motor fiber
a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands
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afferent fiber, sensory fiber
a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system
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pandanus
fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats)
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New Zealand cotton
a fiber from the bast of New Zealand ribbon trees that resembles cotton fiber
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bowstring hemp
strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage
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rhizoid
any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
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hypha
any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus
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paraphysis
a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
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bast, bast fiber
strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants
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animal fiber, animal fibre
fiber derived from animals
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plant fiber, plant fibre
fiber derived from plants
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acrylic, acrylic fiber
polymerized from acrylonitrile
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nylon
a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
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staple, staple fiber, staple fibre
a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn