Definitions for: Vorticella

[n] any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk

Webster (1913) Definition: Vor`ti*cel"la, n.; pl. E. Vorticellas, L.
Vorticell[ae]. [NL., dim. fr. L. vortex. See Vortex.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging
to Vorticella and many other genera of the family
Vorticellid[ae]. 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.

See Also: ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran, genus Vorticella

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