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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Vorticella \Vor`ti*cel"la\, n.; pl. E. {Vorticellas}, L.
{Vorticell[ae]}. [NL., dim. fr. L. vortex. See {Vortex}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging
to {Vorticella} and many other genera of the family
{Vorticellid[ae]}. They have a more or less bell-shaped body
with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most
of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple
or branched.
資料來源 : WordNet®
vorticella
n : any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped
body with a retractile stalk
[also: {vorticellae} (pl)]