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1. (n.pl.) Infusoria
protozoans of the phylum Ciliophora (or class Ciliata).
2. Infusoria
(formerly) various microscopic organisms found in infusions of decaying organic matter.
Etymology: (1780–90; < NL, neut. pl. of infūsōrius. See infuse , -ory1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Infusoria, subclass Infusoria
in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter
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1. Infusoria
one of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Infusoria
a name given to certain classes of animalculæ engendered in stagnant water infused with decaying organic matter.
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Infusoria
The entire human race with the exception of Homer, Richard Wagner, Dante, Victor Hugo, Balzac, Rodin, Raphael, Æschylus, Shakespeare, Schopenhauer and Edward Bok, in whose tremendous skulls we live and move and have our being, like a whirlwind of germs in the vats of the Absolute.
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