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Infusoria

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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.
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Noun1.InfusoriaInfusoria - 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
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Porto Praya -- Ribeira Grande -- Atmospheric Dust with Infusoria -- Habits of a Sea-slug and Cuttle-fish -- St.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
In reality, it was an infinite agglomeration of coloured infusoria, of veritable globules of jelly, provided with a threadlike tentacle, and of which as many as twenty-five thousand have been counted in less than two cubic half-inches of water.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
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