Associations to the word «Ciliate»

Wiktionary

CILIATE, adjective. (biology) Ciliated.
CILIATE, adjective. Of or pertaining to the eyelash.
CILIATE, noun. (zoology) Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.

Dictionary definition

CILIATE, noun. A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell.
CILIATE, adjective. Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.
CILIATE, adjective. Of or relating to the human eyelash.
CILIATE, adjective. Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections.

Wise words

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