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ciliate

noun

1 ciliate

A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell.

synonyms: ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran.

Dutch: trilhaardiertje
Polish: orzęsek, wymoczek

adjective

1 ciliate

Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.

synonyms: cilial, ciliary.

Polish: rzęskowy

2 ciliate

Of or relating to the human eyelash.

synonym: ciliary.

3 ciliate

Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections.

synonym: ciliated.


Moby thesaurus: bristly, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, woolly.

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