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Vorticella

Vorˊti-cel′la

,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Vorticellas
, L.
Vorticellae
.
[NL., dim. fr. L.
vortex
. See
Vortex
.]
(Zool.)
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.

Definition 2024


Vorticella

Vorticella

See also: vorticella

Translingual

Vorticella spp.

Proper noun

Vorticella f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Vorticellidae protozoa that are stalked, inverted bell-shaped ciliates, placed among the peritrichs, and reproduce by budding.

vorticella

vorticella

See also: Vorticella

English

Noun

vorticella (plural vorticellas or vorticellae)

  1. Any protozoan of the genus Vorticella.

Italian

Noun

vorticella f (plural vorticelle)

  1. Any protozoan of the genus Vorticella.