cilium noun. ['sɪlɪǝm] Pl. -ia [-ɪǝ]. E18.
[Latin.]
1. An eyelash; (the edge of) an eyelid. E18.

2. A delicate hair like an eyelash, e.g. on the margin of a leaf, or the wing of an insect. L18.

3. A hairlike appendage, usu. motile, which is found in numbers on the surfaces of some cells, and in many organisms is used in locomotion. M19.

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