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Word	Definition
ciliary	(biology, relational) Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.
concolorousnoun	Photedes extrema, a species of moth.
immotile	Not motile (lacking the ability to move)
lashesnoun	The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
vibratile	Adapted to, or used in, vibratory motion; having the power of vibrating.
discocellularnoun	(entomology) One of several short transverse veins forming the distal edge of the discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
setanoun	A bristle or hair.
radiusnoun	(geometry) A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.
fimbrianoun	(bacteriology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects.
ciliatenoun	(biology) Ciliated, having cilia.
petiolenoun	(botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
pterostigmanoun	(zoology) A spot on the outer wing of insects which is often thickened or coloured and so stands out from the rest; it is a group of specialized cells and has an effect on flight dynamics.
retinophoranoun	(zoology) One of a group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae.
kinociliumnoun	A special type of cilium on the apex of hair cells, located in the sensory epithelium of the vertebrate inner ear and involved in the senses of movement and hearing.
membranellenoun	One of a set of structures found around the mouth, or cytostome, in ciliate protists, and from which the cilia emerge.
scutellumnoun	Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
distichianoun	An eyelash that arises from an abnormal spot on the eyelid, usually exiting from the duct of the Meibomian gland at the eyelid margin.
cubitusnoun	(anatomy) The elbow, or the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
axonemenoun	(biology) A bundle of nine microtubules forming the internal scaffolding of a cilium, with two extra central microtubules connecting the others if the cilium is motile
resilinnoun	(biology) An elastic protein found in the exoskeletons of insects, facilitating, for example, folding wings or jumping relatively great distances.