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Phytozoaria :: Phytozoaria (n. pl.) Same as Infusoria.

Lorica :: Lorica (n.) The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.

Infusory :: Infusory (a.) Infusorial.

Polygastrica :: Polygastrica (n. pl.) The Infusoria.

Stentor :: Stentor (n.) Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha..

Peritricha :: Peritricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria having a circle of cilia around the oral disk and sometimes another around the body. It includes the vorticellas. See Vorticella.

Styliferous :: Stylet (n.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria..

Infusoria :: Infusoria (n. pl.) One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size..

Rhombogene :: Rhombogene (n.) A dicyemid which produces infusorialike embryos; -- opposed to nematogene. See Dicyemata.

Zoodendrium :: Zoodendrium (n.) The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria..

Vorticella :: Vorticella (n.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. 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..

Flagellata :: Flagellata (v. t.) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad..

Pyrenoid :: Pyrenoid (n.) A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certain Infusoria.

Acinetae :: Acinetae (n. pl.) A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See Suctoria..

Mastigopoda :: Mastigopoda (n. pl.) The Infusoria.

Kieselguhr :: Kieselguhr (n.) Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite..

Microzoa :: Microzoa (n. pl.) The Infusoria.

Hypotricha :: Hypotricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria in which the cilia cover only the under side of the body.

Plegepoda :: Plegepoda (n. pl.) Same as Infusoria.

Suctoria :: Suctoria (n. pl.) An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked..

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