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The membrane is longitudinally striped and covered with long and vibratile cilia.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins
At each end of the oval there is a groove lined by specially long vibratile cilia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Having arrived in the tube, the ovule moves very slowly in the almost capillary tube by means of the vibratile cilia and arrives in the cavity of the womb.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
She is vibratile and resonant all over, so she stirs with slighter musical tremblings of the air about her.—
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various
Is that the source of its vibratile mobility?
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 418 Volume 17, New Series, January 3, 1852 by Robert Chambers
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