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ciliate, a.|ˈsɪlɪeɪt|
[f. L. type *ciliāt-us, f. cilium: cf. F. cilié.]
Furnished with cilia.
1. (esp. Bot.) Fringed or surrounded with hairs or fine bristles.
1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xiii. 134 The keel of the chaffs is ciliate. 1852Dana Crust. i. 302 Between these teeth other minute teeth, also somewhat ciliate. 1861Mrs. Lankester Wild Flowers 80 The leaves are..ciliate.
2. Furnished with vibratile cilia (see cilia 3).
1868Wright Ocean World iv. 93 The superior Infusoria, called ciliate, namely, those provided with vibratile cils. 1879tr. Haeckel's Evol. Man I. vii. 174 When these cells are possessed of many processes they are called ciliate cells.
Hence ciliati-, combining form, as (in sense 1) ciliatifoliate, etc. Cf. ciliato-. |