[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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ciliate
adj 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]
n 1: a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the
surface of the cell [syn: ciliate, ciliated protozoan,
ciliophoran]
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