Oligotricha
plural noun
Ol·i·got·ri·cha
ˌäləˈgä‧trə̇kə
: a suborder of Spirotricha comprising ciliated protozoans having the body ciliation reduced to a few large bristles or entirely absent and including numerous free-living aquatic forms (as the tintinnids) as well as the cellulose-digesting ciliates of the ruminant stomach compare ophryoscolecidae , tintinnidae
oligotrichous
adjective
¦⸗⸗¦⸗⸗kəs
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