English-Thai Dictionary
infusoria
N โปร โต ซัว พวก หนึ่ง ที่ มี ขนบน ผิว ของ ร่างกาย
infusorial
A ที่ ประกอบด้วย พวก infusoria
infusorian
N โปร โต ซัว พวก Ciliata
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
INFUSORIA
In `fu *so "ri *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ; -- so called because found in infusions which are left exposed to the air for a time. See Infuse. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size.
Note: They are found in all seas, lakes, ponds, and streams, as well as in infusions of organic matter exposed to the air. They are distinguished by having vibrating lashes or cilia, with which they obtain their food and swim about. They are devided into the orders Flagellata, Ciliata, and Tentaculifera. See these words in the Vocabulary. Formely the term Infusoria was applied to all microscopic organisms found in water, including many minute plants, belonging to the diatoms, as well as minute animals belonging to various classes,as the Rotifera, which are worms; and the Rhizopoda, which constitute a distinct class of Protozoa. Fossil Infusoria are mostly the siliceous shells of diatoms; sometimes they are siliceous skeletons of Radiolaria, or the calcareous shells of Foraminifera.
INFUSORIAL
INFUSORIAL In `fu *so "ri *al, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth. Infusorial earth (Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite.
INFUSORIAN
INFUSORIAN In `fu *so "ri *an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Infusoria.
New American Oxford Dictionary
infusoria
in fu so ri a |ˌinfyəˈzôrēə ˌɪnfjəˈzɔriə | ▶plural noun Zoology, dated single-celled organisms of the former group Infusoria, which consisted mainly of ciliate protozoans. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin infundere (see infuse ); so named because they were originally found in infusions of decaying organic matter.
Oxford Dictionary
infusoria
infusoria |ˌɪnfjʊˈzɔːrɪə, -ˈsɔːrɪə | ▶plural noun Zoology, dated single-celled organisms of the former group Infusoria, which consisted mainly of ciliate protozoans. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin infundere (see infuse ); so named because they were originally found in infusions of decaying organic matter.
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