fimbria

Plural: fimbriae, fimbriæ

Noun

A fringe or a fringelike border, especially in anatomy.
thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.
An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.
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.

Examples

The rare word FIMBRIA earned him a respectable score.
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.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

pilus

Scrabble Score: 14

fimbria: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fimbria: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fimbria: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

fimbria: valid Words With Friends Word