ciliate adjective & noun. ['sɪlɪeɪt] M18.
[formed as CILIARY + -ATE².]
A. adjective. Furnished or fringed with cilia. M18.
b. noun. A protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (formerly class Ciliophora), characterized by the presence of motile cilia. L19.

■ ciliated adjective = CILIATE adjective M18.

■ cili'ation noun the presence or arrangement of cilia M19.

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