ciliate vs tetrahymena

ciliate and tetrahymena both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ciliate	Yes	Yes	No	No
tetrahymena	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tetrahymena is a hyponym of ciliate; that is, tetrahymena is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ciliate:

ciliate: a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
tetrahymena: relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research

Other hyponyms of ciliate include infusorian, paramecia, paramecium, stentor, vorticella.

ciliate (noun)	tetrahymena (noun)
a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell	relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research

ciliate (adjective)	tetrahymena (adjective)
of or relating to the human eyelash
of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell
having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections