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Vorticella

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Noun

1. vorticella

any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk

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Vorticella

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noun plural -lae (-liː)
any protozoan of the genus Vorticella, consisting of a goblet-shaped ciliated cell attached to the substratum by a long contractile stalk

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Vorticella

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nounWord forms: plural ˌvortiˈcellae (ˌvɔrtəˈsɛli ; vôrˌtəselˈē)
any of a genus (Vorticella) of one-celled ciliates living in water, with a bell-shaped body on a thin, contractile stem serving as a holdfast

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Vorticella

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n. pl. vor·ti·cel·lae (-sĕlē) or vor·ti·cel·las
Any of various ciliate protozoans of the genus Vorticella, having a bell-shaped body and living underwater on a slender stalk often attached to a plant or other object.

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