cilium

/หˆsษช.li.ษ™m/

IPA: /CH IY0 L IY0 AH0 M/

noun
  1. 1

    Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of a plant organ.

  2. 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. 3

    One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.

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