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Ciliate vs Folliculinid - What's the difference?

ciliate | folliculinid |

In biology terms the difference between ciliate and folliculinid

is that ciliate is ciliated while folliculinid is any marine, ciliate protozoan of the family family: Follicucullidae.

As an adjective ciliate

is ciliated.

ciliate

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (biology) Ciliated.
  • Of or pertaining to the eyelash.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia ciliate) (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.

    • folliculinid

    English

    (wikipedia folliculinid) (Ciliate) (Ciliophora)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any marine, ciliate protozoan of the family .