multiciliary
multiciliary adjective: having multiple cilia.
Adjective
multiciliary (not comparable)
- Having multiple cilia
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Origin of multiciliary
From multi- + ciliary.
Words that rhyme with multiciliary
- auxiliary
- ciliary
- miliary
- atrabiliary
- nasociliary
- biliary
- circumciliary
- domiciliary
- extraciliary
- interciliary
- intraciliary
- iridociliary
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Questions about multiciliary
- What does multiciliary mean?
- Multiciliary means having multiple cilia.
- What part of speech is multiciliary?
- Multiciliary is an adjective.
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