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Ciliate vs Trophont - What's the difference?

ciliate | trophont |

As nouns the difference between ciliate and trophont

is that ciliate is (zoology) any of many protozoa, of the phylum ciliophora, that have many cilia while trophont is (microbiology) the adult, motile life stage of certain ciliate protozoans.

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.

    • trophont

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (microbiology) The adult, motile life stage of certain ciliate protozoans

    • Synonyms

    * protozoite * trophic cell * vegetative cell

    Coordinate terms

    * dinospore * phoront * protomont * protomite * theront * tomite * tomont