vorticella
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1. any of various ciliate protozoans of the genus vorticella, having a bell-shaped body and living underwater on a slender stalk often attached to a plant or other object.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidæ. they have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. the typical genus of Vorticellidæ, having a retractile pedicel; the bellanimalcules.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
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