| NOUN | animal | ciliophoran, ciliate, ciliated protozoan | a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell |
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| Meaning | A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell. | |
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| Synonyms | ciliate, ciliated protozoan | |
| 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 | |
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