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Cilium

noun
(pl. cilia)
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.  Synonyms: eyelash, lash.






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"Cilium" Quotes from Famous Books



... N. filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle[obs3], vein; hair, capillament[obs3], cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; hair stroke; veinlet[obs3], venula[obs3], venule[obs3]. wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute. strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... body shaped like a pear, the small end being slightly incurved and produced into a long curved filament, or cilium, of extreme tenuity. Behind this, from the concave side of the incurvation, proceeded another long cilium, so delicate as to be discernible only by the use of the highest powers and careful management of the light. In the centre of the pear-shaped body a clear round space could occasionally be discerned, but not always; and careful watching showed that this ...
— Discourses - Biological and Geological Essays • Thomas H. Huxley

... the phaenomena to which it will give rise is immense: in the first place it will develop a vast quantity of physical force—cleaving the water in all directions with considerable rapidity by means of the vibrations of the long filament or cilium. ...
— Science & Education • Thomas H. Huxley

... phaenomena to which it will give rise is immense: in the first place it will develop a vast quantity of physical force—cleaving the water in all directions with considerable rapidity by means of the vibrations of the long filament or cilium. ...
— Science & Education • Thomas H. Huxley



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