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Word: Peritrichous
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From peri- + -trichous
Definition:
Of a ciliate: having the cilia confined to a spiral band around the oral opening; belonging to the subclass or order Peritricha.
Definition:
Of a bacterium: having flagella over the whole body surface.
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