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INFUSORIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter
Synonyms:
Infusoria; subclass Infusoria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Infusoria" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Infusoria"):
infusorian (any member of the subclass Infusoria)
Holonyms ("Infusoria" is a member of...):
Ciliata; Ciliophora; class Ciliata; class Ciliophora (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)
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