Oxytricha
noun
Ox·yt·ri·cha
| \ äkˈsi‧trə̇kə\
Definition of Oxytricha
: a widely distributed genus (the type of the family Oxytrichidae) of flexible ellipsoidal hypotrichous ciliates with eight frontal, five ventral, and undeveloped caudal cirri — compare stylonychia
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