Vorticella

[,vɒ:ti'selә]

Definition

(noun.) any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk.

Edited by Clifford--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. 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.

Edited by Jeffrey

Definition

n. a genus of ciliated Infusorians belonging to the order Peritricha in which the cilia are restricted to a fringe round the mouth.

Editor: Ramon