class 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 CiliataCiliophora

   Broaderclass

   Part ofProtozoa

Questions about class ciliophora

What does class ciliophora mean?

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

What is another word for class ciliophora?

Close synonyms include Ciliata, class Ciliata, 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 class ciliophora a common word?

class 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.