ROTIFER - Definition

Pronunciation:		'rowtufur
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton

	See Also:	invertebrate, phylum Rotifera, Rotifera

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Ro"ti*fer\ (?; 277), n. [NL. see {Rotifera}.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix.