rotifer

English

One of the many kinds of rotifers

Etymology

From Latin rota (“wheel”) +‎ -ifer, after Italian rotifero.

Noun

rotifer (plural rotifers)

Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.
Synonyms: wheel animal, wheel animalcule

Related terms

rotiferan

Translations

organism of the phylum Rotifera

Finnish: rataseläin
Polish: wrotek m

Portuguese: rotífero m
Russian: коловра́тка (ru) f (kolovrátka)

References

rotifer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rotifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rotifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

Fortier

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