- ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
--1 is a kind of protozoan, protozoon
--1 is a member of Ciliata, class Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliophora
--1 has particulars:infusorian; paramecium, paramecia; tetrahymena; stentor; vorticella