pilus
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
there is a hair in my soup
Types & categories
- filum hypernym
- ingrown hair hyponym
Parts & wholes
- mammal part holonym
Related & opposite
- pilar derivation
Sense 2 noun
hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
Types & categories
- hair hypernym
Parts & wholes
- microorganism part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pilar |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | mammal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | filum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ingrown hair |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | microorganism |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hair |