Rotifera

Rotifera [roh-tif-er-uh] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.

Origin of Rotifera 1820–30; New Latin, equivalent to Latin rot(a) wheel + -i- -i- + -fera, neuter plural of -fer -fer Examples from the Web for rotifera Historical Examples of rotifera

Others, again, include the Rotifera in the second subdivision.

Everyday Objects

W. H. Davenport Adams

Rotatoria (rta, a wheel) or Rotifera (rota and fero, to bear).

An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope

John William Griffith

Such small creatures as Daphnia pulex, Cyclops quadricornis and Rotifera should be introduced into ponds.

Amateur Fish Culture

Charles Edward Walker

The head extends from the top of the vase, and is surmounted with the usual cilia, or wheel, which we see among all the rotifera.

Through a Microscope

Samuel Wells

The Cyclops feed on smaller aquatic animals such as Protozoa, Rotifera, etc.

Elementary Zoology, Second Edition

Vernon L. Kellogg

Word Origin and History for rotifera 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.