Definition of cilia

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Cilia (n. pl.) The eyelashes.

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Ciliate :: Ciliate (a.) Alt. of Ciliate.
Ciliiform :: Ciliiform (a.) Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender.
Reconcilement :: Reconcilement (n.) Reconciliation.
Dentately :: Dentately (adv.) In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc..
Spermatozoid :: Spermatozoid (n.) The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid..
Conciliabule :: Conciliabule (n.) An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable.
Flagellata :: Flagellata (v. t.) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad..
Conciliative :: Conciliative (a.) Conciliatory.
Nemertina :: Nemertina (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela..
Atonement :: Atonement (n.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.
Reconciliatory :: Reconciliatory (a.) Serving or tending to reconcile.
Brachiolaria :: Brachiolaria (n. pl.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia..
Rotifera :: Rotifera (n.) An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits..
Planula :: Planula (n.) The very young, free-swimming larva of the coelenterates. It usually has a flattened oval or oblong form, and is entirely covered with cilia..
Pacification :: Pacification (n.) The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation..
Floscularian :: Floscularian (n.) One of a group of stalked rotifers, having ciliated tentacles around the lobed disk..
Kiss :: Kiss (v.) A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of reconciliation..
Lindia :: Lindia (n.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda..
Domiciliate :: Domiciliate (v. t.) To domesticate.
Domiciliate :: Domiciliate (v. t.) To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.
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