ciliate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
Definition of ciliate
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)Ciliated, having cilia.
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adj
- (not-comparable)Ciliated, having cilia.
- (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the eyelash.
noun
- Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia (fine hairs).
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Etymology
First attested in 1760; borrowed from New Latin ciliātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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