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ciliatures

ciliatures is the plural of ciliature.

Meaning of ciliature

Noun

ciliature (plural ciliatures)

  1. An assemblage of cilia.
    • Peritrichia are sesscile species with no cilia on the body but conspicuous oral ciliatures.2004, N. F. Gray, Biology Of Wastewater Treatment, page 381

Questions about ciliatures

What is ciliatures the plural of?
Ciliatures is the plural of ciliature.

Words near ciliatures in the dictionary

  1. ciliatologist
  2. ciliatologists
  3. ciliatology
  4. ciliatoside
  5. ciliature
  6. ciliatures
  7. Ciliau Aeron
  8. Ciliberto
  9. Cilibertos
  10. Cilibia
  11. cilice

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