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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
ciliate
    adj 1: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a
           cell [syn: ciliary, ciliate, cilial]
    2: of or relating to the human eyelash [syn: ciliary,
       ciliate]
    3: having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [syn:
       ciliate, ciliated]
    n 1: a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the
         surface of the cell [syn: ciliate, ciliated protozoan,
         ciliophoran]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ciliate \Cil"i*ate\, Ciliated \Cil"i*a`ted\, a.
   Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf;
   endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of
   the windpipe.
   [1913 Webster]

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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bristly, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, woolly
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