ciliate
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1. a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | protozoan, protozoon, |
definition | : | any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | infusorian, |
definition | : | any member of the subclass Infusoria (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | tetrahymena, |
definition | : | relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | stentor, |
definition | : | any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | vorticella, |
definition | : | any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk (noun.animal) |
2. having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections (adj.all)
similar | : | rough, |
definition | : | of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped (adj.all) |
3. of or relating to the human eyelash (adj.pert)
pertainym | : | cilium, eyelash, lash, |
definition | : | any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids (noun.body) |
derivation | : | cilium, eyelash, lash, |
definition | : | any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids (noun.body) |
4. of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell (adj.pert)
pertainym | : | cilium, |
definition | : | a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms (noun.animal) |
derivation | : | cilium, |
definition | : | a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms (noun.animal) |
5. of or relating to the human eyelash (adj.pert)
pertainym | : | cilium, eyelash, lash, |
definition | : | any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids (noun.body) |
derivation | : | cilium, eyelash, lash, |
definition | : | any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids (noun.body) |
6. of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell (adj.pert)
pertainym | : | cilium, |
definition | : | a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms (noun.animal) |
derivation | : | cilium, |
definition | : | a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms (noun.animal) |
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