heterotrich

[ het-er-uh-trik ]

noun

1. any ciliate of the suborder Heterotricha, having the body covered uniformly with short cilia.

Other Words From

• het·er·ot·ri·chous [het-, uh, -, ro, -tr, uh, -k, uh, s], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of heterotrich¹

< New Latin Heterotricha name of the order. See hetero-, -tricha