Cilia

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cilia \Cil"i*a\, n. pl. {Cilium}, the sing., is rarely used. [L.
     cilium eyelid.]
     1. (Anat.) The eyelashes.
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     2. (Biol.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages


        lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher
        animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the
        whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on
        some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many
        larval forms, they are locomotive organs.
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     3. (Bot.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a
        fringe like the eyelash.
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     4. (Zool.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat
        resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cilia
       See {cilium}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cilium
       n 1: a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides
            locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms
       2: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of
          the eyelids [syn: {eyelash}, {lash}]
       [also: {cilia} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "cilia":
     Golgi apparatus, aster, basal body, cell membrane,
     central apparatus, central body, centriole, centroplasm,
     centrosome, centrosphere, chloroplast, chromoplast, cytocentrum,
     flagella, kinoplasm, microbody, microcentrum, mitochondrion, pili,
     plasmodesmata, plastid, plastosome, ribosome, spherosome,
     spindle fibers, vacuole