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(1):

(n. pl.) The eyelashes.

(2):

(n. pl.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.

(3):

(n. pl.) 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.

(4):

(n. pl.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.