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CILIA (plural of Lat. cilium, eyelash)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 365 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CILIA (plural of Lat. cilium, eyelash)

CILIA (plural of See also:
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Lat. cilium, eyelash) , in See also:

BIOLOGY (Gr. Qios, life)

biology, the See also:

THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread-like processes by the vibration of which many lowly organisms, or the male reproductive cells of higher organisms, move through See also:

WATER

water .

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