Found 2 items, similar to ciliate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ciliate ciliate adj 1: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell [syn: ciliary, cilial] 2: of or relating to the human eyelash [syn: ciliary] 3: having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [syn: ciliated] ciliate n : a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell [syn: ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ciliate 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. [1913 Webster]