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‖ rotifera|rəʊˈtɪfərə|
[mod.L., neut. pl. of rotifer(us): see prec.]
A class of minute (usually microscopic) animalcules, having rotatory organs which are used in swimming.
1830R. Knox Béclard's Anat. 18 Other animals somewhat more compound, as the rotifera..and the polypi. 1848Carpenter Anim. Phys. ii. (1872) 112 The group of Rotifera or Wheel-Animalcules, which is one of great interest to the Microscopist. 1896tr. Boas' Text-bk. Zool. 157 The Rotifera lay two different kinds of eggs.
Hence roˈtiferal a., roˈtiferous a., of or belonging to the Rotifera.
1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 607 The..rotatory or wheel-like organs of the Rotiferous Infusoria. 1871T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 463 In the rotiferous animalcules. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 8/1 Possessing undoubtedly Rotiferal characters. |