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belonging or pertaining to the phylum Ciliophora.
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Ciliate
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| an organism or cell capable of synthesizing all its metabolites from inorganic material, requiring no organic nutrients |
| transfer of information from one cell or molecule to another, as by chemical or electrical signals |
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ciliate cil·i·ate (sĭl'ē-ĭt, -āt')
n.
Any of various protozoans of the class Ciliata. adj.
Ciliated.
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ciliate
any member of the protozoan phylum Ciliophora, of which there are some 8,000 species; ciliates are generally considered the most evolved and complex of protozoans. Ciliates are single-celled organisms that, at some stage in their life cycle, possess cilia, short hairlike organelles used for locomotion and food gathering
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