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Meaning of ciliate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ciliate
      adj 1: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a
             cell [syn: {ciliary}, {ciliate}, {cilial}]
      2: of or relating to the human eyelash [syn: {ciliary},
         {ciliate}]
      3: having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [syn:
         {ciliate}, {ciliated}]
      n 1: a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the
           surface of the cell [syn: {ciliate}, {ciliated protozoan},
           {ciliophoran}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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