Definition of cilia

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of cilia is as below...

Cilia (n. pl.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora..

Lern More About Cilia

Cilia :: Cilia (n. pl.) The eyelashes.
Microzoospore :: Microzoospore (n.) A small motile spore furnished with two vibratile cilia, found in certain green algae..
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..
Conciliatory :: Conciliatory (a.) Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.
Propitiate :: Propitiate (v. t.) To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.
Atrocha :: Atrocha (n.) A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.
Reconcilement :: Reconcilement (n.) Reconciliation.
Domiciliate :: Domiciliate (v. t.) To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.
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..
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..
Scampavia :: Scampavia (n.) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century..
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..
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..
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..
Irreconciliation :: Irreconciliation (n.) Want of reconciliation; disagreement.
Kiss :: Kiss (v.) A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of reconciliation..
Domiciliated :: Domiciliated (imp. & p. p.) of Domiciliat.
Mesotrochal :: Mesotrochal (a.) Having the middle of the body surrounded by bands of cilia; -- said of the larvae of certain marine annelids.
Pacification :: Pacification (n.) The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation..
Sicilian :: Sicilian (a.) Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us