Oxytricha
noun
Ox·yt·ri·cha
äkˈsi‧trə̇kə
: a widely distributed genus (the type of the family Oxytrichidae) of flexible ellipsoidal hypotrichous ciliates with eight frontal, five ventral, and undeveloped caudal cirri compare stylonychia
oxytrichid adjective or noun
-rə̇kə̇d
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from oxy- + -tricha
- pointer
- pointers
- pointes
- pointful
- pointfully
- pointfulness
- pointier
- pointiest
- pointillage
- pointillism
- pointillisms
- pointillist
- pointillistic
- pointillists
- pointillé
- pointing
- pointing (for)
- pointing (out)
- pointing (to)
- pointing (toward)
- pointing (up)
- pointing for
- pointing out
- pointing to
- pointing toward