ciliate
Also called cil·i·oph·o·ran [sil-ee-of-er-uhn]. /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/. any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
Also cil·i·at·ed [sil-ee-ey-tid]. /ˈsɪl iˌeɪ tɪd/. having cilia.
belonging or pertaining to the phylum Ciliophora.
Origin of ciliate
1Other words from ciliate
- cil·i·ate·ly, adverb
- cil·i·a·tion, noun
- mul·ti·cil·i·ate, adjective
- mul·ti·cil·i·at·ed, adjective
- non·cil·i·ate, adjective
- non·cil·i·at·ed, adjective
- un·cil·i·at·ed, adjective
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How to use ciliate in a sentence
Honeybees, for instance, were Apis pubescens, thorace subgriseo, abdomine fusco, pedibus posticus glabis, untrinque margine ciliates.
What biologists call a species is becoming more than just a name | Jack J. Lee | October 14, 2021 | Science News For StudentsMixed in with them are smaller scales, from two to four lines long, and more distinctly ciliate-toothed.
Beautiful Ferns | Daniel Cady EatonIt has seized with its tentacles, and is in the act of sucking out the juices of six examples of the ciliate Colpoda parvifrons.
Perianth of 3–6 mostly retrorsely barbed or ciliate bristles (not elongated), or sometimes wanting.
Leaves complicate-bilobed, the upper lobe smaller, the lower succubous; margins entire or dentate or ciliate; underleaves none.
Leaves incubous, complicate-bilobed, each lobe divided and lacerately ciliate; underleaves 4–5-lobed, ciliate.
British Dictionary definitions for ciliate
/ (ˈsɪlɪɪt, -eɪt) /
Also: ciliated possessing or relating to cilia: a ciliate epithelium
of or relating to protozoans of the phylum Ciliophora, which have an outer layer of cilia
a protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora
Derived forms of ciliate
- ciliation, noun
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