Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having one cilium or flagellum; uniciliate or uniflagellate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Having but one cilium.
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- adjective biology Having only one
cilium .
Etymologies
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mono- + ciliated
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Examples
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Hence, Clytia statocysts are ectodermal derivatives consisting in a closed pocket limited on the distal side by a thin epithelium and on the proximal side (near the bell margin) by a monociliated sensory epithelium (
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