cilium
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Noun — A short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cilium (“eyelid”).
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