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- (cytology) 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.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (cytology) 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.
- (entomology) One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.
- (botany) One of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ.
- (anatomy) An eyelash.
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