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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ro•ti•fer (rō′tə fər),USA pronunciation n. - Microbiologyany microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end. Also called wheel animalcule.
- Neo-Latin; see Rotifera
- 1785–95;
ro•tif•er•al (rō tif′ər əl),USA pronunciation ro•tif′er•ous, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rotifer /ˈrəʊtɪfə/ n - any minute aquatic multicellular invertebrate of the phylum Rotifera, having a ciliated wheel-like organ used in feeding and locomotion: common constituents of freshwater plankton
Also called: wheel animalcule Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin Rotifera, from Latin rota wheel + ferre to bearrotiferal /rəʊˈtɪfərəl/, roˈtiferous adj |