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triciliate

triciliate adjective: having three cilia.

Adjective

triciliate (not comparable)

  1. Having three cilia.

Origin of triciliate

From tri- + ciliate.

Questions about triciliate

What does triciliate mean?
Triciliate means having three cilia.
What part of speech is triciliate?
Triciliate is an adjective.

Words near triciliate in the dictionary

  1. trichuriasis
  2. trichurid
  3. trichurids
  4. Trichy
  5. Tricia
  6. triciliate
  7. triciliated
  8. tricin
  9. tricine
  10. tricing
  11. tricing up

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