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Cil·i·a·ta

n plin some classifications  :  a large class of chiefly free-living protozoans that feed on complex organic matter, have cilia or cirri throughout the vegetative stages of the life cycle, and usu. have nuclei of two kinds .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  celled  cil·i·ate   salt  salty 

 
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