Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various microscopic aquatic invertebrate animals of the phylum Rotifera, having at the head end a wheellike ring of cilia used for feeding and locomotion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name-giving genus of Rotifera, based upon a species called
R. vulgaris , and now placed in the family Philodinidæ, including forms which swim or creep like a leech, and have a forked, jointed, telescopic foot. - noun Hence [lowercase] One of the Rotifera (which see); any wheel-animalcule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the Rotifera. See
Illust. in Appendix.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of many minute
aquatic multicellular organisms , of the phylumRotifera , that have a ring ofcilia resembling awheel
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To increase their chances of success, the microbial payloads should contain a variety of organisms with various environmental tolerances, and hardy multicellular organisms such as rotifer eggs to jumpstart higher evolution.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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To increase their chances of success, the microbial payloads should contain a variety of organisms with various environmental tolerances, and hardy multicellular organisms such as rotifer eggs to jumpstart higher evolution.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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To increase their chances of success, the microbial payloads should contain a variety of organisms with various environmental tolerances, and hardy multicellular organisms such as rotifer eggs to jumpstart higher evolution.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Desiccation survival of the eggs of the rotifer Adineta vaga (Davis, 1873).
We are going to freeze dry you all! AYDIN 2009
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Shown here: 2001: Fresh water rotifer feeding among debris (200x), Darkfield.
Boing Boing 2009
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 This could mean big trouble if you are a rotifer or a mud snail: Reproduction is as important as survival to any particular individual, and if the chances to do so are impaired then biological fitness is automatically lowered.
Carin Bondar: No Eggs? No Problem! Carin Bondar 2012
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This could mean big trouble if you are a rotifer or a mud snail: Reproduction is as important as survival to any particular individual, and if the chances to do so are impaired then biological fitness is automatically lowered.
Carin Bondar: No Eggs? No Problem! Carin Bondar 2012
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Desiccation survival of the eggs of the rotifer Adineta vaga (Davis, 1873).
Archive 2009-09-01 AYDIN 2009
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ÂHuman males, unlike their snail and rotifer counterparts, actually seek out sterility in a potential partner... and for good reason: could you imagine if each of your own sexual conquests had resulted in offspring?
Carin Bondar: No Eggs? No Problem! Carin Bondar 2012
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Human males, unlike their snail and rotifer counterparts, actually seek out sterility in a potential partner... and for good reason: could you imagine if each of your own sexual conquests had resulted in offspring?
Carin Bondar: No Eggs? No Problem! Carin Bondar 2012
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