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CILIATA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
Synonyms:
Ciliata; Ciliophora; class Ciliata; class Ciliophora
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ciliata" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Ciliata"):
ciliate; ciliated protozoan; ciliophoran (a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell)
Infusoria; subclass Infusoria (in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter)
genus Paramecium (freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove)
genus Tetrahymena (protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles)
genus Stentor (trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel)
genus Vorticella (ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk)
Holonyms ("Ciliata" is a member of...):
phylum Protozoa; Protozoa (in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers)
