ciliophora

1. 1.

   class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle

   SynonymsCiliataclass Ciliataclass Ciliophora

   Broaderclass

   Part ofProtozoa

Other forms of ciliophora

plural

ciliophoras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ciliophora

What does ciliophora mean?

ciliophora means "class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle".

How many syllables are in ciliophora?

ciliophora has 5 syllables: ci-li-o-pho-ra. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for ciliophora?

Close synonyms include Ciliata, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ciliophora a common word?

ciliophora is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.