rotifera
[rəu'tifərə]
- n. [无脊椎] 轮虫纲
英英释义
- 1. a phylum including: rotifers
英文词源
- Rotifera (n.)
- class of microscopic freshwater organisms, 1830, Modern Latin, from Rotifer (Leeuwenhoek, 1702), from Latin rota "wheel" (see rotary) + -fer "bearing" (see bear (v.)). The animalcules use rotary organs to swim about.