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Meaning of "rotifer" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ROTIFER

From New Latin Rotifera, from Latin rota wheel + ferre to bear.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ROTIFER

rotifer  [ˈrəʊtɪfə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROTIFER

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Rotifer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROTIFER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rotifer

Rotifer

The rotifers make up a phylum of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals. They were first described by Rev. John Harris in 1696, and other forms were described by Anton van Leeuwenhoek in 1703. Most rotifers are around 0.1–0.5 mm long, and are common in freshwater environments throughout the world with a few saltwater species; for example, those of genus Synchaeta. Some rotifers are free swimming and truly planktonic, others move by inchworming along a substrate, and some are sessile, living inside tubes or gelatinous holdfasts that are attached to a substrate. About 25 species are colonial, either sessile or planktonic. Rotifers are an important part of the freshwater zooplankton, being a major foodsource and with many species also contributing to the decomposition of soil organic matter. Most species of the rotifers are cosmopolitan, but there are also some endemic species, like Cephalodella vittata to Lake Baikal. Recent barcoding evidence, however, suggests that some 'cosmopolitan' species, such as Brachionus plicatilis, B. calyciflorus, Lecane bulla, among others, are actually species complexes.

Definition of rotifer in the English dictionary

The definition of rotifer in the dictionary is any minute aquatic multicellular invertebrate of the phylum Rotifera, having a ciliated wheel-like organ used in feeding and locomotion: common constituents of freshwater plankton Also called: wheel animalcule.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROTIFER


Apocrypha
əˈpɒkrɪfə
aquifer
ˈækwɪfə
chafer
ˈtʃeɪfə
cipher
ˈsaɪfə
conifer
ˈkəʊnɪfə
crucifer
ˈkruːsɪfə
cypher
ˈsaɪfə
decipher
dɪˈsaɪfə
differ
ˈdɪfə
fifer
ˈfaɪfə
Haifa
ˈhaɪfə
knifer
ˈnaɪfə
lifer
ˈlaɪfə
lucifer
ˈluːsɪfə
Potiphar
ˈpɒtɪfə
sniffer
ˈsnɪfə
sypher
ˈsaɪfə
tref
ˈtreɪfə
UEFA
juːˈeɪfə
wafer
ˈweɪfə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROTIFER

rotgrass
rotgut
Roth
Rotherham
Rothermere
Rothesay
Rothko
Rothschild
roti
rotiferal
rotiferan
rotiferous
rotiform
rotisserie
rotl
roto
rotograph
rotogravure
rotolo

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROTIFER

antilifer
foraminifer
heifer
laticifer
midlifer
porifer
pro-lifer
right-to-lifer
Spirifer
thurifer
umbellifer

Synonyms and antonyms of rotifer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rotifer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROTIFER

Find out the translation of rotifer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rotifer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rotifer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

轮虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rotíferos
570 millions of speakers

English

rotifer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rotifer
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دوارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коловратки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rotíferos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

rotifer
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rotifères
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rotifer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rädertierchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ワムシ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

rotifer
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rotifer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

luân trùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rotifer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॉटिफेर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rotator
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rotiferi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wrotki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коловертки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rotifer
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

rotifer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rader diertjes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjuldjur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rotatorier
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rotifer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROTIFER»

The term «rotifer» is regularly used and occupies the 84.978 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROTIFER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rotifer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rotifer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rotifer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROTIFER»

Discover the use of rotifer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rotifer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rotifer Symposium V
The Fifth International Rotifer Symposium was held in Gargnano, Italy from 11-18 September, 1988, hosted by the Milan University.
Claudia Ricci, Terry W. Snell, Charles E. King, 1989
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Rotifera X: Rotifer Research: Trends, New Tools and Recent ...
Rotifer Research: Trends, New Tools and Recent Advances Alois Herzig. A. Herzig, R.D. Gulati, C.D. Jersabek & L. May (eds.) Rotifera X: Rotifer Research: Trends, New Tools and Recent Advances DOI 10.1007/s10750-005-4241-z ...
Alois Herzig, 2006
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century
1968. Mary. Ladd. Gavell. The. Rotifer. From Psychiatry Though I Sit hunched studiously over my microscope, I am gazing dreamily past it and out the open window, at the lazy afternoon campus. But the lab instructor, a graduate student who ...
John Updike, Katrina Kenison, 2000
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Hardwicke's Science-gossip
While examining a large collection of the fresh-water Rotifer {Brachionus rubens) I observed a Iorica, the proper contents of which were replaced by an Infusorian which continually rotated. The Infusorian was ciliated all over, and had a ...
‎1889
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AQUIRE: Aquatic Information Retrieval Toxicity Data Base : ...
... 1810 Asplanchna brightwelli Rotifer R0 ROT I 47 1389 Asplanchna sp Rotifer R0 ROTI 47 631 Brachi onus angularis Rotifer R0 ROTI 47 1746 Brachi onus bidentata Rotifer R0 ROTI 47 1744 Brach- onus budapestinensis Rotifer R0 ROTI 5b ...
Rosemarie C. Russo, Anne Pilli, Environmental Research Laboratory (Duluth, Minn.), 1985
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Evolutionary Ecology of Freshwater Animals: Concepts and ...
Rothhaupt, K.O. (1990a) Population growth rates of two closely related rotifer species: effects of food quantity, particle size, and nutritional quality. Freshw. Biol. 23:561-570. Rothhaupt, K.O. (1990 b) Differences in particle-size dependent ...
Bruno Streit, Thomas Stadler, Curtis M. Lively, 1997
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Rotifera IX
Increased sexual reproduction in Brachionus plicatilis with the addition of bacteria and rotifer extracts. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 181: 1-8. Hagiwara. A.. M.-M. Jung. T. Sato & K. Hirayama. 1995a. Interspecific relations between marine rotifer  ...
La-orsri Sanoamuang, Hendrik Segers, Russell J. Shiel, 2001
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Aquaculture Research Trends
Chlorella-Based Rotifer Culture A method of condensed phytoplankton culture has been developed for feeding mass- cultured rotifers to reduce the space need for growing microalgae in the hatchery in Japan. Among several freshwater algal  ...
Stephen H. Schwartz, 2008
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Bulletin
Rotifer longirostris bitorquatus Murray, Journ. Royal Micr. Soc., 1908, p. 668, pl. 15, fig. 8. ROTARIA SORDIDA FIMBRIATA (Murray). Rotifer longirostris fimbriata Murray, Journ. Royal Micr. Soc., 1906, p. 643, pl. 19, fig. 7. ROTARIA SPICATA ...
‎1913
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Synopsis of the Rotatoria
103; not a rotifer. Brachionus bidentatus Kertesz, Budapest Rotat. Faun., 1894, p. 49, pl. 1, fig. 2. Brachionus campanulatus Pallas, Elench. Zooph., 1766, p. 97; not a rotifer. Brachionus cernuus Pallas, Spicil. Zool., pt. 10, 1774, p. 37, pl. 4, fig.
Harry K. Harring, 1913

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROTIFER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rotifer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Microscopic animals with 'wheels'
The microscopic animal Brachionus rubens belongs to a group of animals called rotifers or by the common name of wheel animals. They can be distinguished ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
"Das Wesen von Pop: Geschichten erzählen"
Der Journalist und Musiker Robert Rotifer spricht über die schwindende Relevanz der Popkultur, die lebendige österreichische Musikszene, seine Beziehung ... «Wiener Zeitung, Feb 15»
3
Ancient Survivors Could Redefine Sex
Bdelloid rotifers are the most ancient animals known to reproduce asexually. Found in damp places across the globe, these microscopic creatures can survive ... «Quanta Magazine, Nov 14»
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Stunning microscope images show the beauty in detail - AOL.com
This year's top prize was awarded to Rogelio Moreno of Panama for his unique shot of an open-mouthed rotifer. The extremely rare site required diligence on ... «AOL News, Nov 14»
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Rare Look Inside Tiny Mouth Wins 'Small World' Photo Contest
In a photo contest that honors all things small, it's tough to beat a shot of a rotifer: A view into the mouth of one of the tiniest animals on the planet won the top ... «Live Science, Oct 14»
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Wonderful Things: Parasite Shoots Tiny Animals with Harpoons …
The most complicated fungal cell known to science belongs to a parasite called Haptoglossa mirabilis first lured into a rotifer-baited trap in the soil of a tropical ... «Scientific American, Aug 14»
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A rotifer's a rotifer, no matter how small; Dr. Seuss teaches lessons …
The differences among the copepod, rotifer and Who communities cannot be ... To see a copepod or rotifer, however, you'll need a microscope at the very least. «Lancaster Newspapers, Jul 14»
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Watch a Microscopic Sea Creature Fight for Its Life
Filmed (with the help of a microscope) by Australian high school teacher Ralph Grimm, the footage shows the struggle of a rotifer attempting to detach itself from ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 14»
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Frog-Killing Fungus Meets Its Match in Hidden World of Tiny Predators
Among the most important were a tiny animal called a rotifer and several species of the single-celled protist Paramecium, although nearly every microbe they ... «Scientific American, Apr 14»
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Bdelloid Rotifers: Sex,Take 2
Now imagine tens of millions of years without sex: meet the Bdelloid rotifers (Fig 1). These tiny, female-only, metazoans (0.5 mm in length) are well-known for ... «PLoS Blogs, Aug 13»

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