ciliate adj
1: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell [syn: ciliary, cilial]
2: of 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]