Definition of Ciliate. Meaning of Ciliate. Synonyms of Ciliate

- The ciliates are a group of alveolates characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to eukaryotic...
- Bursaria is a genus of ciliates in the class Colpodea. They are relatively large and feed on other protists in freshwater habitats. The cell body of Bursaria...
- called trumpet animalcules, are a genus of filter-feeding, heterotrophic ciliates, representative of the heterotrichs. They are usually horn-shaped, and...
- Opercularia is a genus of freshwater, colonial, sessiline peritrich ciliates. As consumers of free bacteria in the water, several species of Opercularia...
- The ciliate, dasycladacean and Hexamita nuclear code (translation table 6) is a genetic code used by certain ciliate, dasycladacean and Hexamita species...
- Stokesia is a genus of single-celled ciliates in the family Stokesiidae. The only species in this genus is Stokesia vernalis. Stokesiidae on www.taxonomy...
- epithelium is further divided into two categories: ciliated and non-ciliated (glandular). The ciliated part of the simple columnar epithelium has tiny hairs...
- Lacrymaria is a genus of ciliates. Its best known species is the "Tear of Swan", Lacrymaria olor. The genus includes the following species: Lacrymaria...
- Glaucoma is a genus of freshwater ciliates in the Oligohymenop****a. Cells in this genus are between 30–150 µm long, and have three membranelles (structures...
- zoologist C. T. von Siebold proposed that the bodies of protozoa such as ciliates and amoebae consisted of single cells, similar to those from which the...