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INFUSORIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any member of the subclass Infusoria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("infusorian" is a kind of...):
ciliate; ciliated protozoan; ciliophoran (a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell)
Holonyms ("infusorian" is a member of...):
Infusoria; subclass Infusoria (in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter)