stringy

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"They are currently called 'the stringy things' and 'the drummy things'," laughs Franglen.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

However, the report concluded that “this substance clumps together in stool, causing long, stringy structures to form,” which made the patients think they were passing worms when they were not.

From Salon • May 18, 2025

Male chicks serve little purpose in this production cycle, because they can’t lay eggs and their flesh is deemed tough and stringy.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2024

Fiber is cellulose, the stringy stuff that plants are made of.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

The scraggly, stringy, nasty tangle of hair that run ’round his head jus’ above his ears made it look like his head was wearing a furry little winter coat!

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis