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 \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) |