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ciliolate

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cil⋅i⋅o⋅late

  [sil-ee-uh-lit, -leyt]
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–adjective
having cilia.
Origin:
1865–70; < NL ciliol(um) (equiv. to cili(um) (see cilia ) + -olum -ole 1 ) + -ate 1
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cil·i·o·late   (sĭl'ē-ə-lāt')   
adj.  Having minute cilia.

[From New Latin ciliolum, diminutive of cilium, cilium, from Latin, eyelid; see cilium.]
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