Bdelloidea
plural noun
Bdel·loi·dea
de-ˈlȯi-dē-ə
: a class (phylum Rotifera) comprising the bdelloids
The Class Bdelloidea of the Phylum Rotifera is the largest metazoan taxon in which males, hermaphrodites, and meiosis are unknown.
David Mark Welch and Matthew Meselson, Science, 19 May 2000
David Mark Welch and Matthew Meselson, Science, 19 May 2000
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, alteration of Bdelloida bdelloida
First Known Use
circa 1925, in the meaning defined above