CILIATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does ciliate mean?
• CILIATE (noun)
The noun CILIATE has 1 sense:
1. a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
Familiarity information: CILIATE used as a noun is very rare.
• CILIATE (adjective)
The adjective CILIATE has 3 senses:
1. of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell
2. of or relating to the human eyelash
3. having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections
Familiarity information: CILIATE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CILIATE (noun)
Meaning:
A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
ciliate; ciliated protozoan; ciliophoran
Hypernyms ("ciliate" is a kind of...):
protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ciliate"):
infusorian (any member of the subclass Infusoria)
paramecia; paramecium (any member of the genus Paramecium)
tetrahymena (relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research)
stentor (any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor)
vorticella (any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk)
Holonyms ("ciliate" is a member of...):
Ciliata; Ciliophora; class Ciliata; class Ciliophora (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)
• CILIATE (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
cilial; ciliate; ciliary
Pertainym:
cilium (a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms)
Meaning:
Of or relating to the human eyelash
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
ciliate; ciliary
Pertainym:
cilium (any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids)
Meaning:
Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections
Synonyms:
ciliated; ciliate
Similar:
rough (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped)
