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Definition of Genus Stentor
1. Noun. Trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel.
Group relationships: Ciliata, Ciliophora, Class Ciliata, Class Ciliophora
Member holonyms: Stentor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Stentor
Literary usage of Genus Stentor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"Length of extended body 1-120". HAB.—Fresh water. Doubtful Species. Out of the
nine varieties of the genus Stentor introduced by De ..."
2. The Empire of Brazil at the Universal Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia by Brazil (1876)
"The largest and most remarkable animals of this order which inhabit Brazilian
forests are the guaribas or howling monkeys, of the genus Stentor. ..."
3. Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club (1882)
"The surface generally covered with cilia, like the genus Stentor, from which it
is distinguished by having that part of the parenchyma of the body which ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"To the family V. belongs the genus Stentor, having a trumpet-shaped body, and
therefore receiving the popular name of Trumpet Animalcules. ..."
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