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cil•i•ate

Pronunciation: (sil'ē-it, -āt"), [key] Biol.

—n.
Also called cil•i•oph•o•ran Pronunciation: (sil"ē-of'ur-un). [key]any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.

—adj.
1. Also,cil•i•at•edPronunciation: (sil'ē-ā"tid). [key]having cilia.
2. belonging or pertaining to the phylum Ciliophora.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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