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noun
Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: wheel animal, wheel animalcule
Antonyms: none provided
noun
minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: invertebrate
History
From Latin rota (“wheel”) + -fer (“-bearing”), after Italian rotifero.
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