fimbria

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fimbria

/ˈfɪm.bɹi.ə/

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin fimbria (“a border, fringe”), from Latin fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”). Doublet of fringe.

noun fimbriae · fimbriæ

plural normally An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube. When a follicle is mature, the egg within it bursts out of the ovary, and the Fallopian tube's fingerlike fimbria reach out and grab it.
A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects.
Similar: pilus

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noun anatomy

Español	fimbria
Português	fímbria

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@misc{fimbria_2026,
  title = {fimbria},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fimbria},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}