ROTIFER


Meaning of ROTIFER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrō-tə-fər ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Latin rota + -fer

Date: 1793

: any of a class (Rotifera of the phylum Aschelminthes) of minute usually microscopic but many-celled chiefly freshwater aquatic invertebrates having the anterior end modified into a retractile disk bearing circles of strong cilia that often give the appearance of rapidly revolving wheels

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