ciliobrachiate, a. Zool.
(ˌsɪlɪəʊˈbrækɪeɪt)
[ad. mod.L. ciliobrachiāt-us, f. cilium + brachi-um an arm: see -ate2.]
Having the arms or tentacles furnished with vibratile cilia. The L. neuter pl. Ciliobrachiˈata is the name of a class of polypes so distinguished.
| 1839–47 Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 174/1 A small cilio-brachiate polypus. 1846 Patterson Zool. 28 Round the mouth is a circle of retractile tentacula covered with cilia, from which circumstance the order has been termed ‘ciliobrachiata’. |