PILUS


Meaning of PILUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpī-ləs ]

noun

( plural pi·li -ˌlī)

Etymology: Latin

Date: circa 1880

: a hair or a structure (as on the surface of a bacterial cell) resembling a hair

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.