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Word entry · 7 letters

ciliate

Best crossword clue

"Tiny hair-bearing organism"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPart of speech noun, adjectiveSorted aceiiltStarts with CEnds with E1 clues
1C2I3L4I5A6T7E

Definitions

  1. a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell

Word origin

First attested in 1760; borrowed from New Latin ciliātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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