multiciliary

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ ciliary.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪliəɹi
• Rhymes: -ɪliɛəɹi

Adjective

multiciliary (not comparable)

1. Having multiple cilia
   • 2015 September 15, “Is the Schwabe Organ a Retained Larval Eye? Anatomical and Behavioural Studies of a Novel Sense Organ in Adult Leptochiton asellus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) Indicate Links to Larval Photoreceptors”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The pigmented epithelium is innervated by bundles of nerve fibres and contains multiciliary cells and round basal cells with epithelial projections, both of which could be sensory [3 ].