vorticella
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vor·ti·cel·la 
[vawr-tuh-sel-uh] Pronunciation Key
[vawr-tuh-sel-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -cel·lae
[-sel-ee] Pronunciation Key, -cel·las.
[-sel-ee] Pronunciation Key, -cel·las. | any ciliated protozoan of the genus Vorticella, having a transparent, bell-shaped body with a retractile stalk. |
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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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