CILIUM as NOUN

  1. 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
  2. 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