rotifers

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• rotifers — n.; n. pl. [L. rota, wheel; fero, bear] A phylum of aquatic pseudocoelomate animals, many with an anterior ciliated corona that looks like a rotating wheel; wheel animalcules …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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• rotifer — rotiferal /roh tif euhr euhl/, rotiferous, adj. /roh teuh feuhr/, n. any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end. Also called wheel animalcule.… …   Universalium

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• Bdelloidea — Taxobox name = Bdelloids image caption = Scanning electron micrographs showing morphological variation of bdelloid rotifers and their jaws. regnum = Animalia phylum = Rotifera classis = Bdelloidea classis authority = Hudson, 1884 ordo = Bdelloida …   Wikipedia

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• aschelminth — [ask′hel minth] n. in some systems of classification, any of a phylum (Aschelminthes) of wormlike animals, including rotifers, gastrotrichs, gordian worms, and nematodes: these animals are usually considered to be in separate phyla * * * ▪ former …   Universalium