rotifer

English - Turkish

Definition of rotifer in English Turkish dictionary

rotator

{i} en küçük çok hücreli su hayvanı

ağzının etrafındaki hareketli kirpiklerle suyu içeri çeken çok hücreli ve mikroskobik bir su hayvancığı

English - English

Definition of rotifer in English English dictionary

Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel

in Appendix

Any of about 2,000 species of microscopic, multicellular, water-dwelling invertebrates constituting the class Rotifera, or Rotaria (phylum Aschelminthes; see worm). Currents created by the rotifer's corona (moving cilia arranged in a circle at the head) sweep bacteria, protozoans, and detritus into the mouth. Rotifers also eat larger items (other rotifers, crustaceans, algae). The muscular pharynx contains hard jaws. Body shape varies greatly among species. Rotifers are common in freshwater on all continents, but some live in saltwater. The species vary widely in mode of living: they may be free-living or parasitic, solitary or colonial, and free-swimming, crawling, or sedentary

One of the Rotifera

minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton

Related Terms

bdelloid rotifer

One of a class of rotifers in the class Bdelloidea, found in freshwater and moist soil

A rotifer

rotatory

rotifers

plural of rotifer

Hyphenation

ro·ti·fer