Definition of cilia

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Cilia (n. pl.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash..

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Atonement :: Atonement (n.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.
Irreconciliation :: Irreconciliation (n.) Want of reconciliation; disagreement.
Water Shrew :: Water shrew () Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits..
Cilium :: Cilium (n.) See Cilia.
Domiciliate :: Domiciliate (v. t.) To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.
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..
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..
Cilia :: Cilia (n. pl.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora..
Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
Propitiate :: Propitiate (v. t.) To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.
Conciliabule :: Conciliabule (n.) An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable.
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
Dentate-ciliate :: Dentate-ciliate (a.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.
Zoospore :: Zoospore (n.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoospores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algae. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoospores and the smaller microzoospores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore..
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..
Ciliary :: Ciliary (a.) Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion..
Compromise :: Compromise (v. i.) To make concession for conciliation and peace.
Conciliating :: Conciliating (p. pr & vb. n.) of Conciliat.
Supraclavicle :: Supraciliary (a.) Superciliary.
Sicilian :: Sicilian (a.) Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.
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