CILIOPHORAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ciliophoran mean? 

• CILIOPHORAN (noun)
  The noun CILIOPHORAN has 1 sense:

1. a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell

  Familiarity information: CILIOPHORAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CILIOPHORAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ciliate; ciliated protozoan; ciliophoran

Hypernyms ("ciliophoran" is a kind of...):

protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ciliophoran"):

infusorian (any member of the subclass Infusoria)

paramecia; paramecium (any member of the genus Paramecium)

tetrahymena (relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research)

stentor (any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor)

vorticella (any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk)

Holonyms ("ciliophoran" is a member of...):

Ciliata; Ciliophora; class Ciliata; class Ciliophora (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)