VORTICELLA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: vorticellae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("vorticella" is a kind of...):

ciliate; ciliated protozoan; ciliophoran (a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell)

Holonyms ("vorticella" is a member of...):

genus Vorticella (ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk)

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