Definition of "fimbria"

(biology) A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.  examples

2. (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.