ciliate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1760; borrowed from New Latin ciliātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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Adjective

ciliate (not comparable)

1. (biology) Ciliated, having cilia.
2. Of or pertaining to the eyelash.

Noun

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ciliate

Wikipedia

ciliate (plural ciliates)

1. (zoology) Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia (fine hairs).

Translations

protozoan of the class Ciliata

Catalan: ciliat m Chinese: Mandarin: 纖毛蟲 / 纤毛虫 (zh) (xiānmáochóng) Dutch: trilhaardiertje (nl) n Finnish: ripsieläin (fi) Galician: ciliado m Greek: βλεφαριδοφόρο n (vlefaridofóro) Polish: orzęsek m Russian: инфузо́рия (ru) f (infuzórija) Spanish: ciliado (es) m

Derived terms

• aciliate
• biciliate
• ciliatologist
• ciliatology
• deciliate
• eciliate
• monociliate
• multiciliate
• nanociliate
• nonciliate
• polyciliate
• quadriciliate
• serrate-ciliate
• triciliate
• uniciliate

Italian

Adjective

ciliate

1. feminine plural of ciliato

Anagrams

• acetili, atelici, celiati, elicità, etilica, leicità, liceità

Latin

Adjective

ciliāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ciliātus