ciliated_protozoan (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *ciliated protozoan*:
NOUN	animal	ciliated protozoan, ciliate, ciliophoran	a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell

English > *ciliated protozoan*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell.
Synonyms	ciliate, ciliophoran
Member of	Ciliata, class Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliophora	Class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
Narrower	infusorian	Any member of the subclass Infusoria
	paramecium, paramecia	Any member of the genus Paramecium
	stentor	Any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
	tetrahymena	relative of the paramecium
	vorticella	Any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
Broader	protozoan, protozoon	Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
Spanish	ciliophora, ciliophoran
Catalan	ciliat, ciliophora

HyperDic: ciliated_protozoan