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Definition of cilia

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Cilia (n. pl.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs..

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Conciliable :: Conciliable (n.) A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature..

Atonement :: Atonement (n.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.

Gastrotricha :: Gastrotricha (n. pl.) A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids..

Monociliated :: Monociliated (a.) Having but one cilium.

Reconcilement :: Reconcilement (n.) Reconciliation.

Vorticella :: Vorticella (n.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched..

Trichoscolices :: Trichoscolices (n. pl.) An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by being more or less covered with cilia.

Cilium :: Cilium (n.) See Cilia.

Superciliary :: Superciliary (a.) Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital.

Peace :: Peace (v.) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord.

Ciliary :: Ciliary (a.) Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc..

Catallacta :: Catallacta (n. pl.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphaera is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies..

Heterotricha :: Heterotricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end..

Domiciliar :: Domiciliar (n.) A member of a household; a domestic.

Explanation :: Explanation (n.) A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation..

Gentle :: Gentle (superl.) A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader..

Atrocha :: Atrocha (n.) A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.

Reconciliation :: Reconciliation (n.) Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.

Veliger :: Veliger (n.) Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation..