cilium
noun
1 cilium
A hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms.
Roget 205:
filament,
line;
fiber,
fibril;
funicle†,
vein;
hair,
capillament†,
cilium,
cilia,
pilus,
pili;
tendril,
gossamer;
hair stroke;
veinlet†,
venula†,
venule†.
wire,
string,
thread,
packthread,
cotton,
sewing silk,
twine,
twist,
whipcord,
tape,
ribbon,
cord,
rope,
yarn,
hemp,
oakum,
jute.
strip,
shred,
slip,
spill,
list,
band,
fillet,
fascia,
ribbon,
riband,
roll,
lath,
splinter,
shiver,
shaving.
beard
etc.
(roughness)
256;
ramification;
strand.
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Dutch: wimper
Polish: rzęska
2 cilium
Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
synonyms: eyelash, lash.
Dutch: wimpers, ooghaar, oogwimper, pinkhaar, wimper
Polish: rzęsa
cilia
noun
Roget 205:
filament,
line;
fiber,
fibril;
funicle†,
vein;
hair,
capillament†,
cilium,
cilia,
pilus,
pili;
tendril,
gossamer;
hair stroke;
veinlet†,
venula†,
venule†.
wire,
string,
thread,
packthread,
cotton,
sewing silk,
twine,
twist,
whipcord,
tape,
ribbon,
cord,
rope,
yarn,
hemp,
oakum,
jute.
strip,
shred,
slip,
spill,
list,
band,
fillet,
fascia,
ribbon,
riband,
roll,
lath,
splinter,
shiver,
shaving.
beard
etc.
(roughness)
256;
ramification;
strand.
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Roget 256:
roughness
etc.
adj.;
tooth,
grain,
texture,
ripple;
asperity,
rugosity†,
salebrosity†,
corrugation,
nodosity†;
arborescence†
etc.
242;
pilosity†.
brush,
hair,
beard,
shag,
mane,
whisker,
moustache,
imperial,
tress,
lock,
curl,
ringlet;
fimbriae,
pili,
cilia,
villi;
lovelock;
beaucatcher†;
curl paper;
goatee;
papillote,
scalp lock.
plumage,
plumosity†;
plume,
panache,
crest;
feather,
tuft,
fringe,
toupee.
wool,
velvet,
plush,
nap,
pile,
floss,
fur,
down;
byssus†,
moss,
bur;
fluff.
knot
(convolution)
248.
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Moby thesaurus: Golgi apparatus, aster, basal body, cell membrane, central apparatus, central body, centriole, centroplasm, centrosome, centrosphere, chloroplast, chromoplast, cytocentrum, flagella, kinoplasm, microbody, microcentrum, mitochondrion, pili, plasmodesmata, plastid, plastosome, ribosome, spherosome, spindle fibers, vacuole ... show more.
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