Overview of noun ciliate

The noun ciliate has 1 sense

• ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran -- (a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell)

Overview of adj ciliate

The adj ciliate has 3 senses

• ciliary, ciliate, cilial -- (of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell)


• ciliary, ciliate -- (of or relating to the human eyelash)


• ciliate, ciliated -- (having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections)