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Protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
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vorticella
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Vorticella is a genus of protozoa , with over 16 known species. They are stalked, inverted bell -shaped ciliates , placed among the peritrichs . Each cell has a separate stalk anchored onto the substrate, which contains a contractile fibril called a myoneme ...
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n. any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk [also: vorticellae (pl)]
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Vorticella \Vor`ti*cel"la\, n.; pl. E. Vorticellas , L. Vorticell[ae] . [NL., dim. fr. L. vortex. See Vortex .] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellid[ae] . They ...