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What is the difference between cilia and pilus?

cilia | pilus |

As nouns the difference between cilia and pilus

is that cilia is irregular plural of nocap=true|lang=en while pilus is a hair.

cilia

English

Noun

(head)
  • Irregular

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    pilus

    English

    Noun

    (pili)
  • A hair.
  • (microbiology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria.

    • Synonyms

    * (hairlike appendage) fimbria

    See also

    * flagellum * (wikipedia "pilus")

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