Acineta

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Ac·​i·​ne·​ta

ˌa-sə-ˈnē-tə,

ˌa-kə-ˈnā-

variants or Acinetae

ˌa-sə-ˈ-nē-ˌtē,

ˌa-kə-ˈnā-ˌtī

taxonomic synonym of suctoria

Acineta

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noun

Ac·​i·​ne·​ta

ˌa-sə-ˈnē-tə,

ˌa-kə-ˈnā-

: a widely distributed genus of loricate usually stalked suctorian protozoa with tentacles in two or three bundles at the anterior end

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek akinētos motionless, from a- a- entry 2 + kinētos moving

Noun

New Latin, from Greek akinētos

First Known Use

Noun

1842, in the meaning defined above

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