Infusoria

[in-fyoo-sawr-ee-uh, -sohr-]

In·fu·so·ri·a

[in-fyoo-sawr-ee-uh, -sohr-]
plural noun
1.
protozoans of the phylum Ciliophora (or class Ciliata).
2.
(formerly) any of various microscopic organisms found in infusions of decaying organic matter.

Origin:
1780–90; < Neo-Latin, neuter plural of infūsōrius. See infuse, -ory1
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Infusoria has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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infusoria

noun
in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter 
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