rotifer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton

WordNet

Ro"ti*fer noun
Etymology
NL. see Rotifera.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) One of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix.

Webster 1913