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1. (n.) vorticella
any ciliated protozoan of the genus
Vorticella.
Etymology: (1780–90; < NL)
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1. (noun) vorticella
any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
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1. (noun) Vorticella
any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched
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