HyperDic: rotifer

English > 1 sense of the word *rotifer*:
NOUN	animal	rotifer	minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion

English > *rotifer*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton.
Member of	Rotifera, phylum Rotifera	A phylum including
Broader	invertebrate	Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord
Spanish	rotifera, rotífero
Catalan	rotífer