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vorticella |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vorticella \Vor`ti*cel"la\, n.; pl E. {Vorticellas}, L. {Vorticell[ae]}. [NL., dim. fr L. vortex. See {Vortex}.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to {Vorticella} and many other genera of the family {Vorticellid[ae]}. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vorticella n : protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
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