rotifer

English

One of the many kinds of rotifers

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin rota (“wheel”) +‎ -ifer, after (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian rotifero.

Noun

rotifer (plural rotifers)

1. Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.

   Synonyms: wheel animal, wheel animalcule

Related terms

• rotiferan

Translations

organism of the phylum Rotifera

• Finnish: rataseläin
• Polish: wrotek m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: rotífero m
• Russian: коловра́тка (ru) f (kolovrátka)

References

• rotifer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rotifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rotifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Fortier