INFUSORIA Definition & Meaning

Infusoria

[ in-fyoo-sawr-ee-uh, -sohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural noun

protozoans of the phylum Ciliophora (or class Ciliata).
(formerly) any of various microscopic organisms found in infusions of decaying organic matter.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Infusoria¹

1780–90; < New Latin, neuter plural of ��Դ�ū��ō��ܲ�. See infuse, -ory ¹

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A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary.

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"Infusoria" meant: "We expect you to act on this advice at once, and we cannot be responsible for expenditure beyond what is strictly necessary to wind up."

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Familiar examples of these “unicellular” forms are Bacteria and Diatoms among the plants, and Foraminifera and Infusoria among the animals.

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Haeckel73 also regards the Turbellaria as forming the nearest approach to the Infusoria.

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Ehrenberg treated it as a Rotifer, and Dujardin placed it among the Infusoria, in a particular class, comprehending symmetrical organisms.

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infusive infusorial

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