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}]
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]
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "ciliate": bristly, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, woolly