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(n.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Vorticella'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/vorticella.html. 1828.
 
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