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English Dictionary: filmy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
filmy
adj
  1. so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
    Synonym(s): diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Filmy \Film"y\, a.
      Composed of film or films.
  
               Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly.
                                                                              --Dryden.
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