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‖ vorticella Zool.|vɔːtɪˈsɛlə|
[mod.L., dim. f. L. vortic-, vortex vortex.]
The typical genus of Vorticellidæ (cf. next); an individual belonging to this genus; a bell-animalcule. Also attrib.
1787G. Adams (title), Essays on the Microscope, containing..an account of the various species and singular properties of the Hydræ and Vorticellæ. 1806P. Wakefield Dom. Recreat. vi. 86 A most curious animalcule, called the wheel animal, or vorticella. 1875Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. (1877) 90 Sometimes a rounded body, encircled by a ring of cilia but having otherwise the characters of a Vorticella bell, is seen to be attached to the base of the bell of an ordinary Vorticella. |