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Meaning Of 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.