ciliature

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noun

An assemblage of cilia.

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Meanings

nounciliature (plural ciliatures)

plural ciliatures

  1. An assemblage of cilia.

    Peritrichia are sesscile species with no cilia on the body but conspicuous oral ciliatures.

    2004, N. F. Gray, Biology Of Wastewater Treatment, page 381
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