cilia

/S IH1 L IY0 AH0/

noun

1
Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of a plant organ.
2
A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors.
3
One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.

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