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Rotifera (n.)
class of microscopic freshwater organisms, 1830, Modern Latin, from
Rotifer
(Leeuwenhoek, 1702), from Latin
rota
"wheel" (see
rotary
) +
-fer
"bearing" (see
bear
(v.)). The animalcules use rotary organs to swim about.
