kinocilium
noun
ki·no·cil·i·um
ˌkī-nō-ˈsil-ē-əm
plural kinocilia
-ē-ə
: a motile cilium
especially
: one that occurs alone at the end of a sensory hair cell of the inner ear among numerous nonmotile stereocilia
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