vorticella

vorticella is a 10-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
2. noun. any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk

Common word forms

vorticellas

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