Meaning & use
ciliate
A single-celled organism covered with tiny hair-like structures called cilia, used for movement and feeding.
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Under the microscope, students watched a ciliate propel itself through the pond water.
Paramecium is a well-known example of a ciliate found in freshwater ponds.
A note on using this word
Ciliate can also be used as an adjective meaning fringed with cilia, as in a ciliate leaf margin in botany.
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