Hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism

Usage examples of pilus.

She would be queen, could choose some pliant male as consort-maybe even Blad here-and live out her days in what luxury she could force from the Pili.

His own crew had shown that the vacuum organisms could exchange genetic material through pili, microscopic hollow tubes grown between cells or hyphal strands.

Partem brachii dextri carpo proximum et cutem pectoris circa mamillam dextram rasi, ut notum fieret quanto temporis pili renovarentur.

Malaysia, violence against women had been strictly off limits unless you were Pili Parang, the gang leader.

Pili Parang again, but since Runi was most likely still in jail he would take whatever help he could get.

And if Pili Parang was on Tioman, he would be just the man to find one.

Pili Parang had last seen Strachan, and his life had changed considerably in that time.

He turned in the shallows and there was Pili Parang, sitting on the edge of the beach and drawing patterns in the sand with a stick.

Had he not been so preoccupied, the sound of Pili Parang using the VHF radio might have struck him as odd.

Pili Parang knew Strachan better than most, and in not taking any risks he walked headlong into the trap.

Whether Pili Parang was alive or dead when they hit him, they would never know.

But the tears in her eyes told him that Pili Parang would haunt her dreams for years to come.