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flliform papillae, papillae on the 

 tongue ending in numerous minute 

 slender processes (anat.}. 



flligerous (filij'eriis) a. [L. filum, 

 thread ; gerere, to carry.] With 

 thread-like outgrowths or flagella 

 (zool.}. 



fillet (fil'et) n. [L. filum, thread.] 

 Band of white matter in the brain ; 

 the lemniscus of the mid-brain 

 (anat.}. 



flloplume (fil'oploom) n. [L. filum, 

 thread ; pluma, feather.] A deli- 

 cate hair-like feather with long 

 axis and a few free barbs at the 

 apex (zool.}. 



filopodia (fil'opo'dia) n. plu. [L. 

 filum, thread ; Gk. pous, foot.] 

 Thread-like pseudopodia of Proto- 

 zoa (zool.}. 



filose (fi'los) a. [L. filum, thread.] 

 Slender ; threadlike ; appl. pseudo- 

 podia of Protozoa (zool.}. 



filtration (filtra'shun) n. [F. filtrer, 

 to strain.] Appl. the iridial angle 

 of the cornea (anat.} ; straining, as 

 of lymph through capillary walls 

 (Phys.}. 



filum terminate, the terminal 

 thread, a slender grey filament, of 

 the spinal cord (anat.}. 



fimbria (fim'bria) ;/., fimbriae (fim'- 

 brie) plu. [L. fimbria, fringe.] 

 Any fringe-like structure (anat., 

 bot.} ; a prolongation of the hippo- 

 campus (anat.} ; delicate processes 

 fringing the mouth of tubes or 

 ducts, as of the oviduct ; or the 

 siphons of molluscs (zool.}. 



flmbriated (fim'bria'tecl) a. [L. fim- 

 bria, fringe.] Fringed at the 

 margin, as petals (bot.}, as tubes 

 or ducts (zool.}. 



fin (fin) n. [A.S. finn, fin.] A fold 

 of skin with fin-rays and skeletal 

 supports, corresponding in the case 

 of the paired fins to limbs, found 

 in most fishes (zool.}. 



flnials (fin'Talz) n. plu. [L. finis, 

 end.] The ossicles of the distal 

 rami of Crinoids which do not 

 branch again (zool.}. 



fin-rays, horny supports of the fins 

 (zool.}. 



fissilingual (fis'Iling'gwal) a. [L. 

 fissus, cleft ; lingua, tongue.] With 

 bifid tongue (zool.}. 



fission (fish'iin) n. [L. fissus, cleft.] 

 Cleavage of cells ; division of a 

 unicellular organism into two or 

 more parts, thereby reproducing 

 its kind (biol.}. 



fissiparous (fisip'ariis) a. [L. fissus, 

 cleft ; parere, to beget.] Repro- 

 ducing by binary or multiple fission 

 (biol.}. 



fissiped (f is'ipgd) n. [L. fissus, cleft ; 

 pes, foot.] With cleft feet, that is, 

 with digits of feet separated (zool.}. 



fissirostral (fis'iros'tral) a. [L. fissus, 

 cleft; rostrum, beak.] With deeply- 

 cleft beak (zool.}. 



fissure (flsh'ur) n. [L. fissus, cleft.] 

 A cleft, deep groove, or furrow 

 dividing an organ into lobes, or 

 sub-dividing and separating certain 

 areas of the lobes (anat.}. 



fix (fiks) v. {L.fi.rus, fixed.] To kill, 

 and preserve ; to establish (biol.}. 



fixation muscles, muscles which 

 prevent disturbance of the equi- 

 librium of the body generally, and 

 fix limbs in the case of limb-move- 

 ments (anat.}. 



flabellate (flabel'at) a. [L. flabellare, 

 to fan.] Fan-shaped. 



flabellate antennae, pectinate an- 

 tennae with long processes (zool.}. 



flabelliform (flabel'Iform) a. [L. 

 flabellum, dim. of flabrum, breeze ; 

 forma, shape.] Fan-shaped. 



flabellinerved (fiabel'Tnervd) a. [L. 

 flabellum, little breeze ; nervus, 

 sinew.] Appl. leaves with many 

 radiating nerves (bot.}. 



flabellum (flabel'um) n. [L. flabellum, 

 fan.] Any fan-shaped organ or 

 structure ; the distal exite of a 

 branchiopodan limb ; the epipodite 

 of certain crustacean limbs (zool.}. 



flagellate (flaj'glat) a. [L. flagellum, 

 whip.] Furnished with flagella ; 

 like a flagellum (bot., zool.}. 



flagelliform (flajel'Tform) a. [L. 

 flagellum, whip ; forma, shape.] 

 Lash-like ; like a flagellum (bot., 

 zool.}. 



flagellula (flaj el'ula) n. [L. flagellula, 

 dim. of flagellum, whip.] A flagel- 

 late zoospore (zool.}. 



flagellum (flajeTum) n. [L. flagellum, 

 whip.] The lash-like process of 

 many Protista ; a long slender 

 runner or creeping stem (bot.}. 



