cilium

Meaning

1. A short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.
2. One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.
3. One of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ.
4. An eyelash.

Synonyms

eyelash

lash

cilia

Translations

cílio

ciglio

cil

pestaña

cilio

cils

cili

Wimper

celha

Cílio

Cil

Geißel

Flimmerfortsatz

Cilie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪl.i.əm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cilium (“eyelid”).