Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ciliate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ciliate
adj 1: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a
cell [syn: {ciliary}, {cilial}]
2: or or relating to the human eyelash [syn: {ciliary}]
3: having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [syn: {ciliated}]
n : a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the
surface of the cell [syn: {ciliated protozoan}, {ciliophoran}]
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