A fimbria (plural fimbriae, adjective fimbriate) is a

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

word that literally means "fringe." It is commonly used in science and medicine, with its meaning depending on the field of study or the context. Fimbria may refer to: *

Fimbria (bacteriology) A pilus (Latin for 'hair'; plural: ''pili'') is a hair-like appendage found on the surface of many bacteria and archaea. The terms ''pilus'' and '' fimbria'' (Latin for 'fringe'; plural: ''fimbriae'') can be used interchangeably, although some r ...

, a proteinaceous appendage in many gram-negative bacteria that is thinner and shorter than a flagellum * ''Fimbria'' (bivalve), a genus of clams *

Fimbria (female reproductive system) The fallopian tubes, also known as uterine tubes, oviducts or salpinges (singular salpinx), are paired tubes in the human female that stretch from the uterus to the ovaries. The fallopian tubes are part of the female reproductive system. In ot ...

, a fringe of tissue near the ovary leading to the fallopian tube * Fimbria (neuroanatomy), a prominent band of white matter along the medial edge of the hippocampus in the brain Fimbriate: * Fimbriate, in botany, fringed ''e.g.'' petals *

Fimbriation In heraldry and vexillology, fimbriation is the placement of small stripes of contrasting colour around common charges or ordinaries, usually in order for them to stand out from the background, but often simply due to the designer's subjective ...

, in heraldry and vexillology, is the use of contrasting strips to separate similar colours.

Roman name

* Gaius Flavius Fimbria (consul 104 BCE), consul of the Roman Republic with Gaius Marius *

Gaius Flavius Fimbria Gaius Flavius Fimbria (c. 115 – 85 BC) was a Roman general. Born to a recently distinguished senatorial family, he became one of the most violent and bloodthirsty partisans of the consul Cornelius Cinna and his ally, Gaius Marius, in the civ ...

(d. 84 BCE), son of the consul of 104 BCE {{disambiguation pl:Fimbrie zh:菌毛