infusorial

American  

[in-fyoo-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-] / ˌɪn fyʊˈsɔr i əl, -ˈsoʊr- /

adjective

1. pertaining to, containing, or consisting of infusorians.

   infusorial earth.

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Etymology

Origin of infusorial

First recorded in 1840–50; Infusori(a) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

And as in any drop of ditch water, the action in Cain's tales is of infusorial violence.

From Time Magazine Archive

The air around him must have been free from the more obdurate infusorial germs, for otherwise the process he followed would, as was long afterwards proved by Wyman, have infallibly yielded life.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

The water, lapsing slowly through withered flags, had the pure, gem-like quality of the winter stream; in summer it will become dim and turbid with infusorial life, but now it is like a pale jewel.

From The Thread of Gold by Benson, Arthur Christopher

For the final polishing, a little infusorial earth or even kaolin will do.

From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles)

It will probably be admitted that the vegetation of the earth may appear in the way and manner indicated in the biblical genesis, the same as infusorial forms appear in super-heated and hermetically-sealed flasks.

From Life: Its True Genesis by Wright, R. W.