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vorticella Definition

vor·ti·cella (vôrt′ə selə)

noun pl. -·cel·lae

any of a genus (Vorticella) of one-celled ciliates living in water, with a bell-shaped body on a thin, contractile stem serving as a holdfast

Etymology: ModL, dim. < L vortex: see vortex

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