vor·ti·cel·la (vôr t -s l  )n. pl. vor·ti·cel·lae (-s l ) 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.] |
vorticella [ˌvɔːtɪˈsɛlə]
n pl -lae [-liː]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) any protozoan of the genus Vorticella, consisting of a goblet-shaped ciliated cell attached to the substratum by a long contractile stalk
[from New Latin, literally: a little eddy, from vortex]
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| Noun | 1. |  vorticella - any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalkciliate, 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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