Lexic.us

Definition of Rotifera

1. Noun. A phylum including: rotifers.

Definition of Rotifera

1. n. An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits.

Medical Definition of Rotifera

1. An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits. (06 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Rotifera

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

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1896)
"The author regards the rotifera as corresponding with ... All the orientation of the rotifera is, according to this view, comparable with that of the ..."

2. The Microscopy of Drinking Water by George Chandler Whipple, John Wymond Miller Bunker (1914)
"Though microscopic in size, the rotifera are quite highly organized. ... The transparency of most of the rotifera renders these various organs subjects of ..."

3. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"The rotifera, by far the largest of the three classes, are characterized by the ciliated disc-like front end of the body and usually also the forked organ ..."

4. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"The next group consists of those rotifera which seldom or never attach themselves by the foot, but habitually swim freely through the water; ..."

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