Ciliophoran

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the Ciliophora.
  2. 2
    a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell wordnet

Synonyms

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ciliateciliateciliated protozoan

Etymology

From Ciliophora + -an.

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