Rotifer

[rәutifә]

Definition

(noun.) minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton.

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Definition

(n.) One of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix.

Editor: Sasha

Definition

n. one of a class of minute aquatic animals popularly called wheel-animalcules with an anterior equipment of cilia whose movements suggest a rapidly rotating wheel:—pl. Rotif′era.—adjs. Rotif′eral; Rotif′erous; Rō′tiform wheel-shaped: (bot.) having a short tube and spreading limb.

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