| NOUN | animal | vorticella | any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk |
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| Meaning | Any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk. | |
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| Member of | genus Vorticella | ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk |
| Broader | ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran | A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell |
| Spanish | vorticella | |
| Catalan | vorticella | |
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