filós

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From fil +‎ -ós.

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filós (feminine filosa, masculine plural filosos, feminine plural filoses)

  1. stringy, fibrous
  2. ragged, frayed
    • 1925, Eduard Fontserè, Atlas elemental de núvols:
      Les vores d'aquest embut tenen textura radiant i filosa, i terminen en un cirrus, anomenat ordinàriament fals cirrus, compost dels darrers filaments de l'embut mateix, i de la bufera, també cirrosa, que surt del centre del corrent.
      The edges of this funnel have a radiant and wispy texture and terminate in a cirrus, ordinarily termed a false cirrus, composed of the last filaments of the funnel itself and of the puff, also cirrous, which emerges from the centre of the current.

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