Definition of "ciliates" []

• Plural form of ciliate. (noun)

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• "A beautiful example of this paradigm is a single cell organism called ciliate – the gene assembly process in ciliates has turned out to be a very elegant computational process which even uses one of the basic data structures of computer science: the linked lists!"
• "These in turn are eaten by a variety of protozoans such as ciliates, which are in turn eaten by copepods."
• "He has a special interest in planktonic ciliates, especially tintinnids which display an amazing variety of forms."