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CILIOPHORAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
Synonyms:
ciliate; ciliated protozoan; ciliophoran
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ciliophoran" is a kind of...):
protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ciliophoran"):
infusorian (any member of the subclass Infusoria)
paramecia; paramecium (any member of the genus Paramecium)
tetrahymena (relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research)
stentor (any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor)
vorticella (any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk)
Holonyms ("ciliophoran" is a member of...):
Ciliata; Ciliophora; class Ciliata; class Ciliophora (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)
