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Cilia

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(plural of Lat. cilium, eyelash), in biology, the threadlike processes by the vibration of which many lowly organisms, or the male reproductive cells of higher organisms, move through water.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cilia'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cilia.html. 1910.
 
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