Fīm'brī-ā, n.

noun

n.; pl. FIM'BRI-Æ. [Lat., fringe.] 1. (Anat.) A fringe, or fringed border; especially, in the plural, the fringe-like extremities of the Fallopian tubes. 2. (Bot.) A toothed or fringed ring bordering the operculum of mosses, and serving to remove or displace it.