What is the meaning of ciliate?

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noun

A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell.
- synonyms: ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran

adjective

Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.
- synonyms: ciliary, cilial
Of or relating to the human eyelash.
- synonyms: ciliary
Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections.
- synonyms: ciliated

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