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monocilium

monocilium noun: a single cilium (rather than a group of cilia).

Noun

monocilium (plural monocilia)

  1. A single cilium (rather than a group of cilia)

Forms of monocilium

pluralmonocilia

Origin of monocilium

From mono- + cilium.

Questions about monocilium

What does monocilium mean?
Monocilium means a single cilium (rather than a group of cilia).
What part of speech is monocilium?
Monocilium is a noun.
What is the plural of monocilium?
The plural of monocilium is monocilia.

Words near monocilium in the dictionary

  1. monochronistic
  2. monochronous
  3. monocilia
  4. monociliate
  5. monociliated
  6. monocilium
  7. monocistronic
  8. monocistronically
  9. monocities
  10. monocitrate
  11. monocitrates

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