noun
a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑ciliated protozoan, ↑ciliophoran
• Hyponyms: ↑infusorian, ↑paramecium, ↑paramecia, ↑tetrahymena, ↑stentor, ↑vorticella
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ciliata, ↑class Ciliata, ↑Ciliophora, ↑class Ciliophora
adjective
1. of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell
2. of or relating to the human eyelash
• Syn: ↑ciliary
3. having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections
• Syn: ↑ciliated
• Similar to: ↑rough
Useful english dictionary. 2012.