ciliate

English

Etymology

From Latin ciliātus (“ciliated”).

Adjective

ciliate (not comparable)

1. (biology) Ciliated.
2. Of or pertaining to the eyelash.

Noun

ciliate (plural ciliates)

1. (zoology) Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.

Translations

protozoan of the class Ciliata

• Catalan: ciliat m
• Dutch: trilhaardiertje (nl) n
• Finnish: ripsieläin (fi)
• Galician: ciliado m
• Greek: βλεφαριδοφόρο n (vlefaridofóro)
• Polish: orzęsek m
• Russian: инфузо́рия (ru) f (infuzórija)
• Spanish: ciliado (es) m

Italian

Adjective

ciliate

1. feminine plural of ciliato

Anagrams

• acetili, atelici, celiati, elicità, etilica, leicità, liceità

Latin

Adjective

ciliāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ciliātus