ciliates's Usage Examples:

cilium animals, even humans, have cilia similar to those of ciliates.

most ciliates are quite small, e.

Bell animalcules are tiny unicellular organisms that belong to a group called the ciliates.

The major protists that swim rapidly enough to be a problem are a number of ciliates and certain flagellates.

Ingestion of ciliates was greater than that of heterotrophic dinoflagellates, which reflected a higher abundance of ciliates in the water column.

An ameba, however, does not feed entirely on plants it is also carnivorous feeding on tiny ciliates.

cirrusr ciliates have thick round bundles of cilia called cirri which act like legs and enable the organism to actually walk over a surface.

other ciliates have thick round bundles of cilia called cirri which act like legs and enable the organism to actually walk over a surface.

heterotrophic dinoflagellates, which reflected a higher abundance of ciliates in the water column.

Slightly larger flagellates and small ciliates prompt the spines to bend and curl so as to entangle the prey more thoroughly.

Synonyms:

stentor, class Ciliophora, protozoan, paramecium, ciliated protozoan, paramecia, class Ciliata, vorticella, protozoon, Ciliata, Ciliophora, tetrahymena, infusorian, ciliophoran,

Antonyms:

simple, euphonious, exact, calm, easy,