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polyciliate

polyciliate adjective: having multiple cilia.

Adjective

polyciliate (not comparable)

  1. Having multiple cilia.

Origin of polyciliate

From poly- + ciliate.

Questions about polyciliate

What does polyciliate mean?
Polyciliate means having multiple cilia.
What part of speech is polyciliate?
Polyciliate is an adjective.

Words near polyciliate in the dictionary

  1. polychronization
  2. polychronizations
  3. polychronous
  4. polychrotid
  5. polychrotids
  6. polyciliate
  7. polycistron
  8. polycistronic
  9. polycistronically
  10. polycistronism
  11. polycistrons

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