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Definition of Vorticella
1. Noun. Any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk.
Definition of Vorticella
1. n. Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidæ. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
2. n. Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidæ. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
Definition of Vorticella
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Medical Definition of Vorticella
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