Infusoria

In`fu`so´ri`a

n. pl.

1.

(Zool.) One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size. Formerly, the term was applied to any microbe found in infusions of decaying organic material, but the term is now applied more specifically to one of the classes of the phylum Ciliophora, of ciliated protozoans.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Infusoria - in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter subclass Infusoria Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora - class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle infusorian - any member of the subclass Infusoria class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders