Rotifera

American  

[roh-tif-er-uh] / roʊˈtɪf ər ə /

noun

1. the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.

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Etymology

Origin of Rotifera

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

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Rotifera

Investigating the riot of fungus, lichens, molds, smuts and mildews that festooned the place, Beebe discovered Protozoa, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes, Nemathelminthes, and Rotifera, and was certain of the existence of Mollusca, Oligochaeta, Hirundinea and Arthropoda.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lacinularia Socialis: A Contribution to the Anatomy and Physiology of the Rotifera," "Transactions of the Micr.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley

"You do not know much more than the names, then, of Infusoria, Rotifera, and Pedunculata, and such things?"

From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Susan Warner

SPALLANZANI, in his experiments on the Rotifera, did not find that any survived after the sixteenth alternation of desiccation and damping, but paste-eels bore seventeen of those vicissitudes.

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent

SPALLANZANI, after thoroughly drying sand rich in Rotifera, kept it for more than three years, moistening portions taken from it every five or six months.

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent

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