what does cilium mean?
CILIUM as NOUN
- Meaning
- a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell
- provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms
Hypernyms(s) cilium is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) cilium is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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