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A phylum including rotifers
Answer for the clue "A phylum including rotifers ", 8 letters:
rotifera
Word definitions for rotifera in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rotifera \Ro*tif"e*ra\, n.; pl. [NL., from L. rota ? wheel + ferre to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
class of microscopic freshwater organisms, 1830, Modern Latin, from Rotifer (Leeuwenhoek, 1702), from Latin rota "wheel" (see rotary ) + -fer "bearing" (see bear (v.)). The animalcules use rotary organs to swim about.
Usage examples of rotifera.
Perhaps if he were given a microscope, a good compound microscope with a variety of eyepieces and an ample stage, he might take great pleasure in some of the smaller forms, the rhizopods, the rotifera, the parasites of lice themselves .
The rotifera were once supposed to be hermaphrodites, but the existence of sexes in one species has been clearly established.
Perhaps if he were given a microscope, a good compound microscope with a variety of eyepieces and an ample stage, he might take great pleasure in some of the smaller forms, the rhizopods, the rotifera, the parasites of lice themselves.
Perhaps if he were given a microscope, a good compound microscope with a variety of eyepieces and an ample stage, he might take great pleasure in some of the smaller forms, the rhizopods, the rotifera, the parasites of lice themselves .