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Webster 1913 Edition
Rotifera
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Ro-tif′e-ra
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., from L.
rota
[GREEK] wheel + ferre
to bear.] (Zool.)
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. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits.
Definition 2024
Rotifera
Rotifera
Translingual
Proper noun
Rotifera
- The rotifers, traditionally known informally as wheel animalcules because of their partly circular mouthparts fringed with continuously whirling cilia
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.
Hypernyms
- (phylum in Spiralia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Eurotatoria, Pararotatoria - classes
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521