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cilium

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Noun

any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms

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Synonyms:
eyelash lash

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Words contain "cilium":
cilium supercilium

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