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a filamentous projection or process on an organism

any organism of microscopic size

any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation)