class Ciliata

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1.class Ciliata - class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycleCiliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliophoraphylum Protozoa, Protozoa - in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifersciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cellInfusoria, subclass Infusoria - in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic mattergenus Paramecium - freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groovegenus Tetrahymena - protozoa having four membranous ciliary organellesgenus Stentor - trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnelgenus Vorticella - ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalkclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders