infusorial, a.
(ɪnfjuːˈsɔərɪəl)
[f. prec. + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to the Infusoria; consisting of or formed by Infusoria.
| 1846 in Worcester. 1851–6 Woodward Mollusca i. 4 Commencing with the Infusorial monad, we may ascend..by a succession of closely allied forms, to the sea-urchin and holothuria. 1853 Kane Grinnell Exp. xviii. 139 The..remarkable infusorial dust on the coast of Africa. 1869 E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 358 To check the growth of fungoid or infusorial organisms. 1871 Tyndall Fragm. Sc. (1879) I. v. 176 You find the putrefying substance swarming with infusorial life. 1876 Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xix. 363 Among the most remarkable features of foreign tertiaries are the infusorial and foraminiferal strata. 1882 Geikie Text-bk. Geol. iii. ii. iii. §3. 461 ‘Infusorial’ earth and ‘tripoli powder’ consist mainly of frustules and fragmentary debris of diatoms which have accumulated on the bottoms of lacustrine areas. |