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1. (n.) rotifer
any microscopic animal of the phylum Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end.
Etymology: (1785–95; < NL Rotifera= L rot(a) wheel +-i- -i - +-fera, neut. pl. of -fer -fer)
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1. (noun) rotifer
minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton
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1. (noun) rotifer
one of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix
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