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ciliate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

First attested in 1760; borrowed from New Latin ciliātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Ciliated, having cilia.
  2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the eyelash.

ciliate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

First attested in 1760; borrowed from New Latin ciliātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia (fine hairs).

Forms

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Deriveds

multiciliate · triciliate · biciliate · monociliate · uniciliate · serrate-ciliate · polyciliate · ciliatologist · deciliate · eciliate · aciliate · nonciliate · ciliatology · nanociliate · quadriciliate

Translations (9)

el βλεφαριδοφόρο (protozoan of the class Ciliata) · cmn 纖毛蟲 /纤毛虫 (protozoan of the class Ciliata) · ca ciliat (protozoan of the class Ciliata) · es ciliado (protozoan of the class Ciliata) · nl trilhaardiertje (protozoan of the class Ciliata) · ru инфузо́рия (protozoan of the class Ciliata) · gl ciliado (protozoan of the class Ciliata) · fi ripsieläin (protozoan of the class Ciliata) · pl orzęsek (protozoan of the class Ciliata)