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De - Pt| English Dictionary: vorticella | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Vorticella \Vor`ti*cel"la\, n.; pl. E. {Vorticellas}, L. {Vorticell[91]}. [NL., dim. fr. L. vortex. See {Vortex}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to {Vorticella} and many other genera of the family {Vorticellid[91]}. 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. | |
