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Definition of Ciliates
1. ciliate [n] - See also: ciliate
Medical Definition of Ciliates
1. Common name for members of the Ciliata. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ciliates
Literary usage of Ciliates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Soil Biology; Laboratory Manual by Albert Lemuel Whiting (1917)
"Examine each treatment at the end of two days for ciliates and flagellates and
at intervals of two days for three to four laboratory periods. ..."
2. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"ciliates Balantidium coli. —Although several species of ciliates have been recorded
as human parasites, there is only one species, Balantidium coli (Fig. ..."
3. The Unity of the Organism, Or, The Organismal Conception of Life by William Emerson Ritter (1919)
"... characterization of them as "hunter ciliates," is truly descriptive. By contrast
the movements of ..."
4. The Protozoa by Gary Nathan Calkins (1901)
"... ciliates by the mouth portion becoming progressively drawn out into a tentacle.
... ciliates ..."
5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1908)
"In the presence of a large number of ciliates the amoeba moves about but little.
It sends out many pseudopods forming pockets, apparently in readiness for ..."
6. The Psychic Life of Micro-organisms: A Study in Experimental Psychology by Alfred Binet (1889)
"We had put to him two questions: First, do the ciliates hunt their food? Second,
while in quest of live prey, do the ciliates called hunters make an actual ..."
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