class Ciliophora
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| Noun | 1. |  class Ciliophora - class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cyclephylum Protozoa, Protozoa - in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell Infusoria, subclass Infusoria - in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter genus Paramecium - freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove genus Tetrahymena - protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles genus Stentor - trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel genus Vorticella - ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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