ˌäləˈgä.trə̇kə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from olig- + -tricha
: a suborder of Spirotricha comprising ciliated protozoans having the body ciliation reduced to a few large bristles or entirely absent and including numerous free-living aquatic forms (as the tintinnids) as well as the cellulose-digesting ciliates of the ruminant stomach — compare ophryoscolecidae , tintinnidae
• ol·i·got·ri·chous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷kəs adjective