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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various protozoans, such as the vorticella, having a wide oral opening surrounded by cilia.
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- noun microbiology A ciliate protozoan of the subclass Peritrichia.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Peritrichida, former order name : peri– + Greek thrix, trikh-, hair.]
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