ciliophora
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1. class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | infusoria, subclass infusoria, |
| definition | : | in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus paramecium, |
| definition | : | freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus tetrahymena, |
| definition | : | protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus stentor, |
| definition | : | trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus vorticella, |
| definition | : | ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | phylum protozoa, protozoa, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers (noun.animal) |
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