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ciliate
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Wiktionary
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a. 1 (context biology English) ciliated. 2 Of or pertaining to the eyelash. n. (context zoology English) Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.
WordNet
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n. a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell [syn: ciliated protozoan , ciliophoran ]
Wikipedia
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The ciliates are a group of protozoans characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia , which are identical in structure to eukaryotic flagella , but are in general shorter and present in much larger numbers, with a different undulating ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ciliate \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.
Usage examples of ciliate.
In addi tion, there's a wonderfully variegated protozoan population, with a dominant ciliate type much like Pammoecium, plus various Sarcodines, the usual spread of phyto-flagellates, and even a phosphorescent species I wouldn't have expected to see anywhere but in salt water.
The fact that he had been neutral in the death struggle of Athens was not likely to con ciliate popular good-will.
In addition, there's a wonderfully variegated protozoan population, with a dominant ciliate type much like Pammoecium, plus various Sarcodines, the usual spread of phyto-flagellates, and even a phosphorescent species I wouldn't have expected to see anywhere but in salt water.
And after the higher plants had disappeared, so did the fungi and slime mold and ciliates and algae.
Bipeds and ciliates conversed busily, some with the aid of interpreters, a few without.
This fish eats that fish eats small fry eat ciliates eat bacteria and round you go.