filmy

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

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”Synonyms: diaphanous gauzy gauze-like gossamer see-through sheer transparent vaporous vapourous cobwebby

Filmy \Film"y\, a. Composed of film or films. [1913 Webster]

Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]