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Word: Vorticella
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: modern Latin, diminutive of Latin vortex, vortic- ‘eddy’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌvɔːtɪˈsɛlə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a sedentary, single-celled aquatic animal with a contractile stalk and a bell-shaped body bearing a ring of cilia.
Short Definition:sedentary, single-celled aquatic animal with contractile stalk
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