'Ciliate' definitions:

Definition of 'ciliate'

adjective

Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell [syn: ciliary, ciliate, cilial]

adjective

Of or relating to the human eyelash [syn: ciliary, ciliate]

adjective

Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [syn: ciliate, ciliated]

noun

A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell [syn: ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran]

From: GCIDE

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]