ciliate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ciliate \Cil"i*ate\, Ciliated \Cil"i*a`ted\, a.
   Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf;
   endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of
   the windpipe.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "ciliate":
      bristly, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, hairy,
      hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged,
      shaggy, unshorn, woolly

    

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