Search Result for "ciliate":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell;
[syn: ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell;
[syn: ciliary, ciliate, cilial]

2. of or relating to the human eyelash;
[syn: ciliary, ciliate]

3. having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections;
[syn: ciliate, ciliated]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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