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CILIA Synonyms

There are 5 synonyms of the word cilia. (exact relations)
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	bristle					verb, nounv, n
	noun • a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic • a stiff hair verb • be in a state of movement or action • rise up as in fear • have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles • react in an offended or angry manner
	filament					nounn
	noun • a very slender natural or synthetic fiber • the stalk of a stamen • a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) • a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
	hair					nounn
	noun • a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss • a very small distance or space • filamentous hairlike growth on a plant • any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal • cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments • a filamentous projection or process on an organism
	tentacle					noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold • any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion
	whisker					nounn
	noun • a very small distance or space • a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat verb • furnish with whiskers

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