The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
ciliate — [sil′ēāt΄idsil′ēit, sil′ēāt΄] adj. [ModL < L: see CILIA] Bot. Zool. having cilia: usually ciliated [sil′ēāt΄id] n. any of a phylum (Ciliophora) of microscopic protozoans characterized by cilia covering the body in whole or in part at some… … English World dictionary
Ciliate — For the type of leaf margin, see Leaf#Margins (edge). Ciliated Cells Temporal range: Ediacaran Recent … Wikipedia
ciliate — cil·i·ate sil ē ət, ē .āt n any of the phylum Ciliophora of ciliate protozoans * * * cil·i·ate (silґe āt) 1. having cilia. 2. any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora; a ciliophoran … Medical dictionary
Ciliate telomerase RNA — Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein reverse transcriptase that synthesises telomeric DNA. Telomerase RNAs differ greatly in sequence and structure between vertebrates, ciliates and yeasts, but they share a 5 pseudoknot structure close to the… … Wikipedia
ciliate — noun Date: 1916 any of a phylum or subphylum (Ciliophora) of ciliated protozoans (as paramecia) … New Collegiate Dictionary
ciliate — ciliated … Dictionary of ichthyology
ciliate — adj. [L. cilium, eyelid] Provided with cilia; edged with parallel hairs; fringed; having minute hairs … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
ciliate — ciliately, adv. ciliation, n. /sil ee it, ayt /, Biol. n. 1. Also called ciliophoran /sil ee of euhr euhn/. any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena … Universalium
ciliate — 1. adjective a) Ciliated. b) Of or pertaining to the eyelash. 2. noun Any of many protozoa, of the class Ciliata, that have many cilia … Wiktionary
ciliate — Synonyms and related words: bristly, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, woolly … Moby Thesaurus
