ciliate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1760; borrowed from New Latin ciliātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ciliate (not comparable)

1. (biology) Ciliated, having cilia.
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 (fine hairs).

Translations

protozoan of the class Ciliata

• Catalan: ciliat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 纖毛蟲 / 纤毛虫 (zh) (xiānmáochóng)

• 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

Derived terms

• aciliate
• biciliate
• ciliatologist
• ciliatology
• deciliate
• eciliate
• monociliate
• multiciliate
• nanociliate
• nonciliate
• polyciliate
• quadriciliate
• serrate-ciliate
• triciliate
• uniciliate

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