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peritrichan, a. and n. Zool.|pəˈrɪtrɪkən|
[f. mod.L. Peritricha, f. Gr. περί around + τριχ-, stem of θρίξ hair.]
a. adj. Belonging to the division Peritricha of Infusoria, having a band of cilia around the body.
b. n. An infusorian of the division Peritricha. So peˈritrichous a.; hence peˈritrichously adv., with a girdle of cilia.
1875Huxley in Med. Times & Gaz. 5 May 495/1 According to the distribution of the cilia, Stein has divided them into the Holotricha,..the Heterotricha,..the Hypotricha,..and the Peritricha, in which they [the cilia] form a zone round the body. 1877― Anat. Inv. Anim. ii. 109 The process of sexual reproduction observed by Stein in the peritrichous Infusoria. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 831 The..ring which supports the sucker of all the Peritrichan Urceolarina save Licnophora. Ibid. 832 The perioral contractile collar of the Peritrichan, Torquatella typica. 1900Nature 13 Sept. 465/2 Both are actively motile and peritrichously ciliated. |