About The Word Ciliate
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Ciliate
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What's The Definition Of Ciliate?
[n] a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
[adj] having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [adj] of or relating to the human eyelash [adj] of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell Synonyms | Synonyms for Ciliate: cilial | ciliary | ciliated | ciliated protozoan | ciliophoran | rough Related Terms | Find terms related to Ciliate: bristly | bushy | cirrose | fleecy | flocculent | furry | fuzzy | hairy | hirsute | hispid | lanate | matted | pilose | pubescent | shagged | shaggy | unshorn | woolly See Also | Ciliata | Ciliophora | class Ciliata | class Ciliophora | infusorian | paramecia | paramecium | protozoan | protozoon | stentor | tetrahymena | vorticella Ciliate In Webster's Dictionary \Cil"i*ate\, Ciliated \Cil"i*a`ted\, a.
Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf;
endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of
the windpipe.
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