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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.
2. 2
   minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

rotiferanwheel animalwheel animalcule

Etymology

From Latin rota (“wheel”) + -fer (“-bearing”), after Italian rotifero.

Related phrases

bdelloid rotifer

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