Amphitrocha

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amphitrocha \Am*phit"ro*cha\ ([a^]m*f[i^]t"r[-o]k[.a]), n. [NL.,
     fr. Gr. 'amfi` + trocho`s a wheel.] (Zool.)
     A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral
     circle of special cilia.
     [1913 Webster] Amphitropal