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[syn: eyelash, lash, cilium]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cilia \Cil"i*a\, n. pl. Cilium, the sing., is rarely used. [L.
cilium eyelid.]
1. (Anat.) The eyelashes.
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2. (Biol.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages
lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher
animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the
whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on
some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many
larval forms, they are locomotive organs.
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3. (Bot.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a
fringe like the eyelash.
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4. (Zool.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat
resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cilium \Cil"i*um\, n. [L., eyelid.]
See Cilia.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cilium
n 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 [syn: eyelash, lash, cilium]