[ ˌvɔ:tɪ'sɛlə ]
■ noun Zoology a sedentary, single-celled aquatic animal with a contractile stalk and a bell-shaped body bearing a ring of cilia. [Genus Vorticella .]
Origin
C18: mod. L., dimin. of L. vortex , vortic- 'eddy'.
[ ˌvɔ:tɪ'sɛlə ]
■ noun Zoology a sedentary, single-celled aquatic animal with a contractile stalk and a bell-shaped body bearing a ring of cilia. [Genus Vorticella .]
Origin
C18: mod. L., dimin. of L. vortex , vortic- 'eddy'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004