a. and sb. Zool. [ad. mod.L. ciliograd-us, f. cili-um + -gradus walking, f. gradi to go, proceed: cf. F. ciliograde.]
A. adj. Moving by means of vibratile cilia.
1835–6. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 109/1. One of the ciliograde acalephæ. Ibid. (1839–47), III. 432/2. Capable of a ciliograde mode of progression.
B. sb. A member of the Ciliograda, a tribe of Acalephans which swim by means of cilia.
1835–6. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 38/2. In the ciliograda, the locomotive organs are large cilia.
1846. Patterson, Zool., 33. From this peculiar mode of locomotion they are termed ciliogrades.
1857. Wood, Com. Objects Sea Shore, 109. The beroe being called a ciliograde.
