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Definition of ciliate

Overview of noun ciliate

The noun ciliate has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran

(a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell)

Overview of adj ciliate

The adj ciliate has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. ciliary, ciliate, cilial

(of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell)

2. ciliary, ciliate

(of or relating to the human eyelash)

3. ciliate, ciliated

(having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections)