ciliate - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• ciliate
• ciliated protozoan
• ciliophoran

More generic

• protozoan
• protozoon

More specific

• infusorian
• paramecia
• paramecium
• stentor
• tetrahymena
• vorticella

Related

• Ciliata
• Ciliophora
• class Ciliata
• class Ciliophora

Adjective

having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections

Synonyms

• ciliate
• ciliated

Related

• rough

Adjective

of or relating to the human eyelash

Synonyms

• ciliary
• ciliate

Related

• cilium

Adjective

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

Synonyms

• cilial
• ciliary
• ciliate

Related

• cilium

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