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ciliophoran

ciliophoran noun: a ciliophore; any of the Ciliophora.

Noun

ciliophoran (plural ciliophorans)

  1. A ciliophore; any of the Ciliophora.

Forms of ciliophoran

pluralciliophorans

Origin of ciliophoran

From Ciliophora + -an.

Questions about ciliophoran

What does ciliophoran mean?
Ciliophoran means a ciliophore; any of the Ciliophora.
What part of speech is ciliophoran?
Ciliophoran is a noun.
What is the plural of ciliophoran?
The plural of ciliophoran is ciliophorans.

Words near ciliophoran in the dictionary

  1. ciliome
  2. ciliomes
  3. ciliopathic
  4. ciliopathies
  5. ciliopathy
  6. ciliophoran
  7. ciliophorans
  8. cilioplasm
  9. cilioplasmic
  10. cilioretinal
  11. cilioskeleton

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