vorticella

English Thesaurus

1. any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran,
definition	:	a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus vorticella,
definition	:	ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk (noun.animal)