Meanings
adjectiveanteciliary (comparative more anteciliary, superlative most anteciliary)
comparative more anteciliary · superlative most anteciliary
- biologySituated before the ciliary band, that is, before the band in front of the marginal fringe of the wings.
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with anteciliary
auxiliarybiliarydomiciliaryciliarymiliarymucociliaryatrabiliarycircumciliaryextraciliaryinterciliaryintraciliarymulticiliarynasociliarynobiliarypericiliarypostciliarypreciliaryretinociliarysuperciliary
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anteciliary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anteciliary
MLA
“anteciliary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anteciliary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anteciliary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anteciliary.
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