Rotifer

2 definitions found

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

  Rotifer \Ro"ti*fer\ (?; 277), n. [NL. see {Rotifera}.] (Zool.)
     One of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  rotifer
       n : minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated
           wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents
           of freshwater plankton