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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cilia
 (pl.)睫,纖毛

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 cilia
 (複)纖毛

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cil·i·a n. pl. Cilium, the sing., is rarely used.
 1. Anat. The eyelashes.
 2. Biol. Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.
 3. Bot. Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.
 4. Zool. Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cilia
      See cilium

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cilium
      n 1: a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides
           locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms
      2: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of
         the eyelids [syn: eyelash, lash]
      [also: cilia (pl)]