rotifer

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French rotifère.

Noun

rotifer n (plural rotifere)

  1. rotifer

Declension

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