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Definition of Rotifer

1. Noun. Minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton.

Definition of Rotifer

1. n. One of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix.

Definition of Rotifer

1. Noun. Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum ''Rotifera'', that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel ¹

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Definition of Rotifer

1. a microscopic aquatic organism [n -S]

Medical Definition of Rotifer

1. One of the Rotifera. Origin: NL. See Rotifera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rotifer

Literary usage of Rotifer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1869)
"... and had only just made a rough sketch of it when I was called away from my microscope, and lost the rotifer from the drying up of the water. ..."

2. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"137 represents the common rotifer when its wheels are expanded and when they are retracted. The body is slender and flexible, it is stretched out by ..."

3. Marvels of pond-life; or, A year's microscopic recreations among the polyps by Henry James Slack (1878)
"... Protozoa—Wheel bearers or rotifers—Their structure—The common rotifer—The young rotifer seen inside the old one—An internal nursery — " Differentiation ..."

4. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1868)
"with a rotifer entirely destitute of vibratile cilia. I did not describe it sooner, ... The rotifer in question has nothing in common with the ..."

5. A Laboratory Guide for Beginners in Zoology by Clarence Moores Weed, Ralph Wallace Crosman (1902)
"How does the locomotion of the rotifer compare with that of the Amoeba ? Is there a distinct differentiation into anterior and posterior parts ? ..."

6. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"As to the question of parthenogenesis, which is raised by some observations, the author does not yet feel himself able to speak confidently. New rotifer ..."

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