| Cilia (cilia) |
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| n. pl. | (?) |
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| ||Cil"i*a |
| Cilium, the sing., is rarely used. [L. cilium
eyelid.] |
The
eyelashes.
Small, generally
microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the
air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals
often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are
also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and
many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.
Hairlike processes,
commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the
eyelash.
Small, vibratory,
swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of
Ctenophora.
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