HyperDic: genus_vorticella

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Vorticella:
NOUNanimalgenus Vorticellaciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
English > genus Vorticella: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk.
Member ofCiliata, class Ciliata, Ciliophora, class CiliophoraClass of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
MembersvorticellaAny of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
Broaderprotoctist genusAny genus of Protoctista
Spanishgenus vorticella
Catalangenus vorticella

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