What does ciliate mean?we found 4 entries for the meaning of ciliate
 

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "ciliate": bristly, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, woolly

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

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]

noun

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

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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