Ciliate

3 definitions found

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

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ciliate
       adj 1: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a
              cell [syn: {ciliary}, {cilial}]
       2: of or relating to the human eyelash [syn: {ciliary}]
       3: having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [syn: {ciliated}]
       n : a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the
           surface of the cell [syn: {ciliated protozoan}, {ciliophoran}]

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

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