infusorial
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of infusorial
First recorded in 1840–50; Infusori(a) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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And as in any drop of ditch water, the action in Cain's tales is of infusorial violence.
From Time Magazine Archive
No organism has been created," says Dr. Oken, "of larger size than an infusorial point.
From Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by Buchanan, James
He said to himself, If these infusorial animalcules come from germs, their germs must exist either in the substance infused, or in the water with which the infusion is made, or in the superjacent air.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry
Three days' exposure to the dusty air suffices to render them muddy, fetid, and swarming with infusorial life.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
From May to August this process was continued without any development of infusorial life.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
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