rotifer
(ˈrəʊtɪfə(r))
[mod.L. (Leeuwenhoek, 1702), f. L. rota wheel + -fer bearing.]
An animalcule belonging to the class Rotifera.
| 1793 T. Beddoes On Calculus 250 The phænomena displayed by the rotifer..appear inexplicable. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 608/2 Singular experiments on the apparent resuscitation of the Rotifer. 1846 Dana Zooph. ii. (1848) 11 Polyps are..even less complex in structure than the minuter Rotifers. 1872 Nicholson Biol. 15 The Rotifers are minute mostly microscopic creatures which inhabit almost all our ponds and streams. |