Oligotricha
plural noun
Ol·i·got·ri·cha
ˌäləˈgä‧trə̇kə
: a suborder of Spirotricha comprising ciliated protozoans having the body ciliation reduced to a few large bristles or entirely absent and including numerous free-living aquatic forms (as the tintinnids) as well as the cellulose-digesting ciliates of the ruminant stomach compare ophryoscolecidae , tintinnidae
oligotrichous adjective
¦⸗⸗¦⸗⸗kəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from olig- + -tricha