PERITRICHOUS


Meaning of PERITRICHOUS in English

[pe.rit.ri.chous] adj [peri- + Gk trich-, thrix hair] (1877) 1: having flagella uniformly distributed over the body "~ bacteria"

2: having a spiral line of modified cilia around the oral disk "~ protozoa" -- pe.rit.ri.chous.ly adv

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