vorticellan.
/ˌvɔːtᵻˈsɛlə/, U.S. /ˌvɔrdəˈsɛlə/ Zoology.
The typical genus of Vorticellidæ (cf. vorticellid n.); an individual belonging to this genus; a bell-animalcule. Also attributive.
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vorticel1835
vorticellid1865
bell-animalcules1875
peritrichan1888
peritrich1926
1787 G. Adams (title) Essays on the Microscope, containing..an account of the various species and singular properties of the Hydræ and Vorticellæ.
1806 P. Wakefield Domest. Recreat. vi. 86 A most curious animalcule, called the wheel animal, or vorticella.
1875 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. (1877) 90 Sometimes a rounded body, encircled by a ring of cilia but having otherwise the characters of a Vorticella bell, is seen to be attached to the base of the bell of an ordinary Vorticella.
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