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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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Conciliary :: Conciliary (a.) Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council..

Brocket :: Brocket (n.) A small South American deer, of several species (Coassus superciliaris, C. rufus, and C. auritus)..

Reconciliation :: Reconciliation (n.) The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship..

Pacification :: Pacification (n.) The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation..

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

Coecilian :: Coecilian (n.) See Caecilian.

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

Trochosphere :: Trochosphere (n.) A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia is developed around the anterior end..

Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se

Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.

Domiciliated :: Domiciliated (imp. & p. p.) of Domiciliat.

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..

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

Conciliation :: Conciliation (n.) The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.

Ophiomorpha :: Ophiomorpha (n. pl.) An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the caecilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia..

Domiciliate :: Domiciliate (v. t.) To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

Dentate-ciliate :: Dentate-ciliate (a.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.

Reconciliatory :: Reconciliatory (a.) Serving or tending to reconcile.

Actinotrocha :: Actinotrocha (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles..

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..