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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cil•i•ate (sil′ē it, -āt′),USA pronunciation [Biol.]n. Also called cil•i•oph•o•ran (sil′ē of′ər ən).USA pronunciation any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface. adj. Also, cil•i•at•ed (sil′ē ā′tid).USA pronunciation having cilia.- Microbiologybelonging or pertaining to the phylum Ciliophora.
- Neo-Latin ciliātus, equivalent. to cili(a) cilia + -ātus -ate1
- 1785–95
cil′i•ate•ly, adv. cil′i•a′tion, n. |