Found 2 items, similar to Vorticellas.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vorticella
vorticella
n : any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped
body with a retractile stalk
[also:
vorticellae (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vorticellas
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.
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