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vor·ti·cel·la

[vawr-tuh-sel-uh] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -cel·lae

[-sel-ee] Pronunciation Key, -cel·las.

any ciliated protozoan of the genus Vorticella, having a transparent, bell-shaped body with a retractile stalk.

[Origin: 1780–90; < NL; see vortex, -ella

]

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vor·ti·cel·la (vôr'tĭ-sěl'ə) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. vor·ti·cel·lae (-sěl'ē) or vor·ti·cel·las
Any of various ciliate protozoans of the genus Vorticella, having a bell-shaped body and living underwater on a slender stalk often attached to a plant or other object.

[New Latin Vorticella, genus name, from Latin vortex, vortic-, vortex; see vortex.]

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vorticella
noun
any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk

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Vorticella

Pe*rit"ri*cha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? about + ?, ?, hair.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of ciliated Infusoria having a circle of cilia around the oral disk and sometimes another around the body. It includes the vorticellas. See Vorticella.

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