Infusoria

[in-fyoo-sawr-ee-uh, -sohr-]

plural noun

1. protozoans of the phylum Ciliophora (or class Ciliata).

2. (formerly) any of various microscopic organisms found in infusions of decaying organic matter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Infusoria¹

1780–90; < New Latin, neuter plural of infūsōrius. See infuse, -ory ¹

Example Sentences

A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary.

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"Infusoria" meant: "We expect you to act on this advice at once, and we cannot be responsible for expenditure beyond what is strictly necessary to wind up."

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Familiar examples of these “unicellular” forms are Bacteria and Diatoms among the plants, and Foraminifera and Infusoria among the animals.

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Haeckel73 also regards the Turbellaria as forming the nearest approach to the Infusoria.

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Ehrenberg treated it as a Rotifer, and Dujardin placed it among the Infusoria, in a particular class, comprehending symmetrical organisms.

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