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Ciliate

noun
1.
A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell.  Synonyms: ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran.
adjective
1.
Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.  Synonyms: cilial, ciliary.
2.
Of or relating to the human eyelash.  Synonym: ciliary.
3.
Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections.  Synonym: ciliated.





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... [139] pubescence in some hairy species, as in Galeopsis Ladanum canescens, Lotus corniculatus hirsutus and so on. But Veronica scutellata is smooth and has a pubescent variety, and Cytisus prostratus and C. spinescens are each recorded to have a ciliate form. ...
— Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation • Hugo DeVries


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