Synonyms for "ciliate" (25 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

bristlybushyciliary

Adjective(2 words)

cilialciliary

Strong matches (8)

ciliatedcirrosefleecyflocculentfurry

Adjective(1 words)

ciliated

Noun(2 words)

ciliated protozoanciliophoran

Related words (12)

fuzzyhairyhirsutehispidlanatemattedpilosepubescentshaggedshaggyunshornwoolly

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

protozoanprotozoon

Synonyms

2 entries

ciliaryciliated

derived

15 entries

aciliatebiciliateciliatologistciliatologydeciliateeciliatemonociliatemulticiliatenanociliatenonciliatepolyciliatequadriciliateserrate-ciliatetriciliateuniciliate

has context

2 entries

biologyzoology

is a

2 entries

eukaryoteprotozoan

related to

5 entries

ciliaciliatedciliophoraeyelashprotozoa

similar

1 entries

rough

Translations

9 translations across 9 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• ciliat noun (protozoan of the class Ciliata)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 纖毛蟲 /纤毛虫 noun (protozoan of the class Ciliata)

Dutch

1 entries

• trilhaardiertje noun (protozoan of the class Ciliata)

Finnish

1 entries

• ripsieläin noun (protozoan of the class Ciliata)

Galician

1 entries

• ciliado noun (protozoan of the class Ciliata)

Greek

1 entries

• βλεφαριδοφόρο noun (protozoan of the class Ciliata)

Polish

1 entries

• orzęsek noun (protozoan of the class Ciliata)

Russian

1 entries

• инфузо́рия noun (protozoan of the class Ciliata)

Spanish

1 entries

• ciliado noun (protozoan of the class Ciliata)

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