ciliates

noun

Meaning

Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.

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Related words

ciliated(English)cilial(English)ciliary(English)ciliophoran(English)rough(English)ciliated protozoan(English)genus vorticella(English)holotrichous(English)

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