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ciliate

ciliate adjective: ciliated, having cilia.

Adjective

ciliate (not comparable)

  1. Ciliated, having cilia.
  2. Of or pertaining to the eyelash.

Noun

ciliate (plural ciliates)

  1. Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia (fine hairs).

ciliate meaning in Tamil

ciliate in Tamil

இழை கொண்ட, சீலியம் கொண்ட, பிசிருயிர்

Forms of ciliate

pluralciliates

Origin of ciliate

First attested in 1760; borrowed from New Latin ciliātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Words formed from ciliate

Questions about ciliate

What does ciliate mean?
Ciliate means ciliated, having cilia.
What is ciliate in Tamil?
Ciliate in Tamil is இழை கொண்ட, சீலியம் கொண்ட, பிசிருயிர். See Ciliate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ciliate?
Ciliate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ciliate in the dictionary

  1. ciliary nerves
  2. ciliary process
  3. ciliary processes
  4. ciliary zonule
  5. ciliary zonules
  6. ciliate
  7. ciliated
  8. ciliately
  9. ciliates
  10. ciliatine
  11. ciliation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ciliate (page history and authors); ciliate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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