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Adjective: ciliate  si-lee-ut or 'si-lee,eyt
  1. Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell
    "ciliate movement helps propel single-celled organisms";
    - ciliary, cilial
     
  2. Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections
    "The ciliate cells in the respiratory tract help to trap particles";
    - ciliated
Noun: ciliate  si-lee-ut or 'si-lee,eyt
  1. A protozoan with microscopic hair-like appendages extending from the surface of the cell
    "Vorticella is a common ciliate found in freshwater environments";
    - ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran

Derived forms: ciliates

See also: rough

Type of: protozoan, protozoon

Part of: Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora

Encyclopedia: Ciliate, dasycladacean and hexamita nuclear code