Philodina

noun

Phil·​o·​di·​na

ˌfiləˈdīnə

: a genus (the type of the family Philodinidae of the class Bdelloidea) comprising rotifers with a corona made up of two nearly circular disks on short stalks

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from phil- + Greek dinos rotation, whirling

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