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6 words match “CILIUM”

CILIUM n.
See Cilia.
SUPERCILIUM n.
The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows.
CONTRACTILE a.
r dimensions; as, the contractile tissues. The heart's contractile force. H. Brooke. Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile substance. Hixley. Contractile vacuole (Zoöl.), a pulsating cavity in the interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one, two, or more.…
FLAGELLUM n.
A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.
MONOCILIATED a.
Having but one cilium.
SPERMATOZOID n.
the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoön. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid.