Akademik

ciliate

I

noun

a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑ciliated protozoan, ↑ciliophoran

• Hypernyms: ↑protozoan, ↑protozoon

• Hyponyms: ↑infusorian, ↑paramecium, ↑paramecia, ↑tetrahymena, ↑stentor, ↑vorticella

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ciliata, ↑class Ciliata, ↑Ciliophora, ↑class Ciliophora

II

adjective

1. of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell

• Syn: ↑ciliary, ↑cilial

• Pertains to noun: ↑cilium (for: ↑cilial), ↑cilium, ↑cilium (for: ↑ciliary)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑cilium (for: ↑cilial), ↑cilium (for: ↑ciliary)

2. of or relating to the human eyelash

• Syn: ↑ciliary

• Pertains to noun: ↑cilium, ↑cilium (for: ↑ciliary)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑cilium (for: ↑ciliary)

3. having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections

• Syn: ↑ciliated

• Similar to: ↑rough

Useful english dictionary. 2012.