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What are cilia?

What are cilia? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of cilium
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These vibrations then stimulate the cilia, which transmit a nerve impulse to the brain informing the shark of the location of the source.
However, unlike cnidarians, ctenophores possess rows of cilia and a unique, complex sensory organ and lack cnidae and metagenesis.
In the present study we were unable to observe cilia in any presumptive ciliate protozoan.
Ectopic cilia are particularly irritating and likely to cause corneal ulcers.
The planulae of most cnidarians attach and lose, at most, a coat of swimming cilia.
The luminal surface of the epithelial cells contained few irregular cytoplasmic projections, but cilia or microvilli were absent.

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