Bearing or producing cilia; characterized by the presence of hair-like ciliary structures.
From Latin cilium (eyelash) plus -iferous (variant of -ferous meaning 'bearing or producing'), literally 'producing or bearing cilia.'
This is an older variant of ciliferous, and both words appear in 19th-century scientific literature before scientists developed more standardized terminology—it's a window into how scientific language was still being standardized during the early microscope era.
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