1. A hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms
   "The cilia on the paramecium help it move through water"
    
2. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
   "A loose cilium was irritating her eye";
   - eyelash, lash

Sounds like: psyllium

Derived forms: cilia

Type of: cell organ, cell organelle, hair, organelle

Part of: eyelid, lid, palpebra

Encyclopedia: Cilium