Oxytricha

noun

Ox·​yt·​ri·​cha

äkˈsi‧trə̇kə

: a widely distributed genus (the type of the family Oxytrichidae) of flexible ellipsoidal hypotrichous ciliates with eight frontal, five ventral, and undeveloped caudal cirri compare stylonychia

oxytrichid

-rə̇kə̇d

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from oxy- + -tricha

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