rotifer
English
Etymology
From Latin rota (“wheel”) + -fer (“-bearing”), after Italian rotifero.
Noun
rotifer (plural rotifers)
- Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.
- Synonyms: wheel animal, wheel animalcule
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
organism of the phylum Rotifera
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References
- rotifer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rotifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Rotifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French rotifère.
Noun
rotifer n (plural rotifere)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | rotifer | rotiferul | rotifere | rotiferele | |
| genitive-dative | rotifer | rotiferului | rotifere | rotiferelor | |
| vocative | rotiferule | rotiferelor | |||