Ciliata [sil-ee-ey-tuh] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun the class comprising the ciliate protozoans, considered as belonging in the kingdom Animalia. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of Ciliata From New Latin; see origin at ciliate Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for ciliata Historical Examples of ciliata
Grantia ciliata, a small urn-shaped species, having a large aperture at the summit, is found in tide-pools.
Augusta Foote Arnold
The ciliata propagate, as a rule, in large numbers by repeated division (by indirect cell-cleavage).
Ernst Haeckel
A large Cyanea differs from the European C. ciliata, in the form of the stomach.
A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2
Otto von Kotzebue
Lysimachia ciliata (hairy-stalked loosestrife), very common, Chesuncook shore and East Branch.
Henry David Thoreau
We find the highest development of the animal cell-soul in the class of ciliata, or ciliated infusoria.
The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century
Ernst Haeckel
ciliata in Medicine Ciliata [sĭl′ē-ā′tə] n. A class of protozoans whose members bear cilia or structures derived from them. The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.