ciliate

adj 1: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a

cell [syn: {ciliary}, {cilial}]

2: or or relating to the human eyelash [syn: {ciliary}]

3: having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [syn: {ciliated}]

n : a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the

surface of the cell [syn: {ciliated protozoan}, {ciliophoran}]