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ciliate
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ciliate /cil·i·ate/ (sil´e-āt)
1. having cilia.
2. any individual of the Ciliophora.

cil·i·ate (sl-t, -t)
n.
Any of various protozoans of the class Ciliata.
adj.
Ciliated.

ciliate
[sil′ē·it]
of or having cilia, as certain epithelial cells of the body or protozoa of the class Ciliata.

ciliate [sil´e-āt]
1. having cilia.
2. any individual of the Ciliata.

ciliate
1. having cilia.
2. any member of the class Ciliata; in veterinary medicine the important group is the ciliate protozoa.


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Here we use SEM to show the morphology of feeding organs (gill, foot, labial palps and arborescent lips), and ultrastructural characteristics such as ciliation in large specimens of two bivalve species, the sea scallop, Placopecten magellanicus, and bay scallop, Argopecten irradians.
Histology showed extensive malformations of the sperm ducts, the presence of an ovarian cavity in the testis, variation in proportion of testicular cell types, and ciliation of sperm ducts (Figure 4D), a feature normally found in ovarian ducts that has been reported in wild intersex roach (Nolan et al.
She was a peace and justice activist and a member of the League of Women Voters and the Fellowship of Recon- ciliation.
 
 
 
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