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ciliate

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

ciliate
     adj 1: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a
            cell [syn: {ciliary}, {cilial}]
     2: of or relating to the human eyelash [syn: {ciliary}]
     3: having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [syn: {ciliated}]

ciliate
     n : a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the
         surface of the cell [syn: {ciliated protozoan}, {ciliophoran}]
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