a. [f. L. cili-um eyelash + -formis, -FORM; cf. F. ciliforme.] Having the form of cilia; applied esp. to the fine evenly set teeth of certain fish.
1849–52. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 874/1. When the teeth are equally fine and numerous, but longer, they are called ‘cilii-form.’
1880. Günther, Fishes, 126. The finest teeth are like fine flexible bristles, ciliiform or setiform.
