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rotifer

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English

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One of the many kinds of rotifers

Etymology

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From Latin rota (wheel) + -fer (-bearing), after Italian rotifero.

Noun

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rotifer (plural rotifers)

  1. Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.
    Synonyms: wheel animal, wheel animalcule

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French rotifère.

Noun

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rotifer n (plural rotifere)

  1. rotifer

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative rotifer rotiferul rotifere rotiferele
genitive-dative rotifer rotiferului rotifere rotiferelor
vocative rotiferule rotiferelor