VORTICELLA (vorticellae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: vorticellae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does vorticella mean? 

• VORTICELLA (noun)
  The noun VORTICELLA has 1 sense:

1. any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk

  Familiarity information: VORTICELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VORTICELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("vorticella" is a kind of...):

ciliate; ciliated protozoan; ciliophoran (a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell)

Holonyms ("vorticella" is a member of...):

genus Vorticella (ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk)