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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ciliate \Cil"i*ate\, Ciliated \Cil"i*a`ted\, a. Provided with or surrounded by cilia; as a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ciliate adj 1: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell [syn: {ciliary}, {cilial}] 2: or or relating to the human eyelash [syn: {ciliary}] 3: having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [syn: {ciliated}] n : a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell [syn: {ciliated protozoan}, {ciliophoran}]
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