Meaning of CILIATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'sileeit
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | cilial, ciliary, ciliated, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran, rough |
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| | See Also: | | Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora, infusorian, paramecia, paramecium, protozoan, protozoon, stentor, tetrahymena, vorticella | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | bristly, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, woolly |
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