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Noun: rotifer  row-ti-fu(r)
  1. Minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton
    "The rotifer's wheel organ created a vortex to draw in food particles"

Derived forms: rotifers

Type of: invertebrate

Part of: phylum Rotifera, Rotifera

Encyclopedia: Rotifer