fimbria

IPA: fˈɪmbriʌ

(biology) A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.
(anatomy, usually in the plural) An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
(bacteriology) 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 of "fimbria" in Sentences

The fimbria goes on to become the fornix.
Fimbria then took command of the troops assigned to Lucius.
It has polar fimbriae and is the causative agent of ovine foot rot.
The family contains one recent genus Fimbria with two known species.
Fimbria may also have put to death some members of the Julian family.
A fimbria is a short pilus that is used to attach the bacterium to a surface.
CA3b is the middle part of the band nearest to the fimbria/fornix connection.
Not all fimbriae, but only the ovarian fimbria is long enough to reach to ovary.