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Ciliate vs Hypotrich - What's the difference?

ciliate | hypotrich |

As nouns the difference between ciliate and hypotrich

is that ciliate is (zoology) any of many protozoa, of the phylum ciliophora, that have many cilia while hypotrich is any of a group of ciliate protozoa included among the spirotrichs, mostly oval in shape with a rigid pellicle and isolated tufts of cirri on the ventral surface of the cell.

As an adjective ciliate

is (biology) 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.

    • hypotrich

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia hypotrich)
  • Any of a group of ciliate protozoa included among the spirotrichs, mostly oval in shape with a rigid pellicle and isolated tufts of cirri on the ventral surface of the cell.