Ciliate

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  • adjective. Ciliated.
  • noun. Any of various protozoans of the phylum Ciliophora, characterized by numerous cilia.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Furnished with cilia; bearing cilia.
  • In entomology, provided with a row of even, fine, rather stiff, and often curved hairs; fringed: as, a ciliated margin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; ; endowed with vibratory motion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Ciliated.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the eyelash.
  • noun. Any of many protozoa, of the class Ciliata, that have many cilia.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections
  • adjective. of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell
  • adjective. of or relating to the human eyelash
  • noun. a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
  • Word Usage
    "When studying the chromosomes of Tetrahymena, a unicellular ciliate organism, she identified a DNA sequence that was repeated several times at the ends of the chromosomes."
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    ciliated  rough  
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