Rotifera

[ roh-tif-er-uh ]

noun

1. the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rotifera¹

1820–30; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin rot ( a ) wheel + -i- -i- + -fera, neuter plural of -fer -fer

Example Sentences

Rotatoria (rta, a wheel) or Rotifera (rota and fero, to bear).

From Project Gutenberg

In the radiated forms of the rotifera, and the simple structure of the polypi rudes, we are reminded of the radiata.

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This to my mind gives us a most vivid picture of the conditions of latent life in seeds and many rotifera.

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See an account of the Rotifera and their faculty of repeated vivifaction, in the note appended to this chapter.

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Others, again, include the Rotifera in the second subdivision.

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