ciliate - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cellprotozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic tetrahymena - relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research stentor - any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor vorticella - any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk |