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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Spermatozoid :: Spermatozoid (n.) The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid..
Conciliatory :: Conciliatory (a.) Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.
Reconciliation :: Reconciliation (n.) Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.
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..
Ciliograde :: Ciliograde (a.) Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medusae..
Conciliable :: Conciliable (n.) A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature..
Nemertina :: Nemertina (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela..
Macrozoospore :: Macrozoospore (n.) A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green algae.
Domiciliar :: Domiciliar (n.) A member of a household; a domestic.
Gastrotrocha :: Gastrotrocha (n.) A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral side.
Flagellata :: Flagellata (v. t.) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad..
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..
Pacification :: Pacification (n.) The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation..
Domiciliate :: Domiciliate (v. t.) To domesticate.
Planula :: Planula (n.) The very young, free-swimming larva of the coelenterates. It usually has a flattened oval or oblong form, and is entirely covered with cilia..
Conciliated :: Conciliated (imp. & p. p.) of Conciliat.
Ciliate :: Ciliate (a.) Alt. of Ciliate.
Actinotrocha :: Actinotrocha (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles..
Microzoospore :: Microzoospore (n.) A small motile spore furnished with two vibratile cilia, found in certain green algae..
Propitiate :: Propitiate (v. t.) To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.
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