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vorticella

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vor·ti·cel·la  (vôrt-sl)
n. pl. vor·ti·cel·lae (-sl) or vor·ti·cel·las
Any of various ciliate protozoans of the genus Vorticella, having a bell-shaped body and living underwater on a slender stalk often attached to a plant or other object.
[New Latin Vorticella, genus name, from Latin vortex, vortic-, vortex; see vortex.]
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Noun1.vorticellavorticella - any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
genus Vorticella - ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
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