Definition of Infusorians

1. Noun. (plural of infusorian) ¹

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Definition of Infusorians

1. infusorian [n] - See also: infusorian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infusorians

infusiblenesses
infusing
infusion
infusion-aspiration drainage
infusion graft
infusion pumps
infusionism
infusionist
infusionists
infusions
infusive
infusodecoction
infusoria
infusorial
infusorian
infusorians (current term)
infusories
infusory
infy
ing
inga
ingage
ingan
ingang
ingangs
ingannation
ingans
ingate
ingates
ingather

Literary usage of Infusorians

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. First Lessons in Zoology: Adapted for Use in Schools by Alpheus Spring Packard (1894)
"THE MONAD AND OTHER infusorians. IF we allow a little dried grass or hay or a piece of fish 01 flesh to stand in a glass of water for a day or two, ..."

2. Text-book of Zoology for Junior Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1888)
"... s and the Flagellated infusorians ; the former (fig. 17, A, B, C) having the external surface covered with vibrating cilia, in part or wholly; ..."

3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"Yet there may be more infusorians in a oup of stagnant water than there are ... Most infusorians possess a ' mouth'—ie a special aperture through which the ..."

4. Outlines of Zoology by John Arthur Thomson, Marion Isabel Newbigin (1906)
"Temporary conjugation is well known in not a few ciliated infusorians, ... In many ciliated infusorians there are two nuclear bodies— one large, ..."

5. The Study of Animal Life by John Arthur Thomson (1892)
"The ciliated cells of the windpipe or the mobile spermatozoa correspond to infusorians ; mature ova, fat-cells, degenerate muscle-cells, correspond to ..."

6. The Evolution of Sex by Patrick Geddes (1890)
"The union of the male and female nuclear elements in ciliate infusorians was admirably figured by Balbiani so long ago as 1858 ; and though he does not seem ..."

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