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

Other Words from Oxytricha

oxytrichid \ -​rə̇kə̇d \ adjective or noun

History and Etymology for Oxytricha

New Latin, from oxy- + -tricha

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