Rotifera

[ roh-tif-er-uh ]

noun
  1. the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.

Origin of Rotifera

1
1820–30; <New Latin, equivalent to Latin rot(a) wheel + -i--i- + -fera, neuter plural of -fer-fer

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