1) Ciliate 2) Ciliated protozoan 3) Ciliophoran
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Vorticella is a genus of protozoa, with over 16 known species. They are stalked, inverted bell-shaped ciliates, placed among the peritrichs. Each cell has a separate stalk anchored onto the substrate, which contains a contractile fibril called a myoneme. When stimulated, this shortens, causing the stalk to coil like a spring. Vorticella species ma...
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• (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.
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genus of the ciliate protozoan order Peritrichida, a bell-shaped or cylindrical organism with a conspicuous ring of cilia (hairlike processes) on ...
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<protozoa> Genus of ciliate protozoa. It has a bell shaped body with a belt of cilia round the mouth of the bell, to sweep food particles towards the mouth and a long stalk, connecting it to the substratum, which contains the contractile spasmoneme. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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Genus of ciliate protozoa. It has a bell-shaped body with a belt of cilia round the mouth of the bell, to sweep food particles towards the 'mouth' and a long stalk, connecting it to the substratum, which contains the contractile spasmoneme.
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Vor`ti·cel'la noun ;
plural English
Vorticellas Latin
Vorticellæ [ New Latin , dim. from Latin
vortex . See
Vortex .]
(Zoology) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to
Vorticella and many other genera of the family
Vorticel...Found on
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Type: Term Pronunciation: vōr′ti-sel′ă Definitions: 1. A genus of Ciliata of the order Peritrichida, bell-shaped, with a spiral of cilia around the adoral zone; various free-living species have been found at times in the feces, urine, and mucous discharges.
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Vorticella is a member of the order Peritricha.
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[
n] - any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
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noun any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
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