Dictionary Check: ciliate

"ciliate" is a valid word!

Scrabble 9 points
Words with Friends 11 points

Definition

adjective

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

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adjective

of or relating to the human eyelash

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adjective

having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections

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noun

a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell

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