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  • noun Plural form of infusory.

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  • The microscope observes a monad or wheel-insect among the infusories circulating in water.

    Representative Men 2006

  • The microscope observes a monad or wheel-insect among the infusories circulating in water.

    Uses of Great Men 1914

  • The microscope observes a monad or wheel-insect among the infusories circulating in water.

    Representative Man (1850) 1850

  • Do what you know, and perception is converted into character, as islands and continents were built by invisible infusories, or, as these forest leaves absorb light, electricity, and volatile gases, and the gnarled oak to live a thousand years is the arrest and fixation of the most volatile and ethereal currents.

    Nature: Addresses and Lectures (1849) 1849

  • The microscope observes a monad or wheel-insect among the infusories circulating in water.

    Representative Men Ralph Waldo Emerson 1842

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