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ciliary |
ciliary artery |
ciliary body |
ciliary veins |
ciliata |
ciliate
| ciliated
| ciliated protozoan
| cilice
| cilician
| cilicious
ciliate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ciliate has 1 sense
- ciliate(n = noun.animal) ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell; Array is a kind of protozoan, protozoon
is a member of ciliata, ciliophora, class ciliata, class ciliophora
has particulars: infusorian, paramecia, paramecium, tetrahymena, stentor, vorticella
Adjective ciliate has 3 senses
- ciliate(a = adj.pert) cilial, ciliary - of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell; Array
- ciliate(a = adj.pert) ciliary - of or relating to the human eyelash; Array
- ciliate(s = adj.all) ciliated - having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
ciliate, a.
Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
ciliate
bristly, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, woolly
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