äkˈsi.trə̇kə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from oxy- (I) + -tricha
: a widely distributed genus (the type of the family Oxytrichidae) of flexible ellipsoidal hypotrichous ciliates with eight frontal, five ventral, and undeveloped caudal cirri — compare stylonychia
• ox·yt·ri·chid -rə̇kə̇d adjective or noun