peritrichous
/pɪˈrɪtrɪkəs/ /ˌpɛrɪˈtrʌɪkəs/adjective
1 Zoology. Of a ciliate: having the cilia confined to a spiral band around the oral opening; belonging to the subclass or order Peritricha.
2 Bacteriology. Of a bacterium: having flagella over the whole body surface.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From peri- + -trichous. In sense 1 after scientific Latin Peritricha (F. Stein Organismus der Infusionsthiere I. 72; also German peritrich, adjective).
- earth-measuring
- earth mother
- earth mover
- earth moving
- earthnut
- earth-oil
- earth orbit
- earth-orbiting
- earth pea
- earth people
- earth person
- earth-pig
- earth pigment
- earth pillar
- earth plane
- earth plate
- earthquake
- earthquake fault
- earthquake-gown
- earthquake light
- earthquake lightning
- earthquake-proof
- earthquake-proofing
- earthquake-resistant
- earthquake swarm