rotifer

Meaning

Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.

Synonyms

rotatory

Translations

rotífer

rotifère

Rotifera

rotifera

rotifères

Rotifères

Rotifera

rotífero

rotifera

rotator

Etymology

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