Synonyms & related words for ciliate

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Words related to ciliate

Explore words related to ciliate — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include vorticella, ciliary, protozoan, infusorian, flagella, macronucleus, protist, protozoa. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does ciliate come from?

The word ciliate breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: cili, from Latin cilium (“eyelash”); and -ate, from Latin -atus (“provided with”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.