2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Vorticella \Vor`ti*cel"la\, n.; pl. E. {Vorticellas}, L. {Vorticellae}. [NL., dim. fr. L. vortex. See {Vortex}.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to {Vorticella} and many other genera of the family {Vorticellidae}. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: vorticella n : any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk [also: {vorticellae} (pl)]
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