Definition of Genus stentor

1. Noun. Trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel.

Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Ciliata, Ciliophora, Class Ciliata, Class Ciliophora
Member holonyms: Stentor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Stentor

genus Staphylea
genus Staphylococcus
genus Staurikosaurus
genus Steatornis
genus Steganopus
genus Stegosaurus
genus Stelis
genus Stellaria
genus Stenocarpus
genus Stenochlaena
genus Stenopelmatus
genus Stenopterygius
genus Stenotaphrum
genus Stenotomus
genus Stenotus
genus Stentor
genus Stephanomeria
genus Stephanotis
genus Stercorarius
genus Sterculia
genus Sterna
genus Sternotherus
genus Stevia
genus Sticherus
genus Stictomys
genus Stictopelia
genus Stizolobium
genus Stizostedion
genus Stokesia
genus Storeria

Literary usage of Genus stentor

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

1. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"Length of extended body 1-120". HAB.—Fresh water. Doubtful Species. Out of the nine varieties of the genus Stentor introduced by De ..."

2. The Empire of Brazil at the Universal Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia by Brazil (1876)
"The largest and most remarkable animals of this order which inhabit Brazilian forests are the guaribas or howling monkeys, of the genus Stentor. ..."

3. Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club (1882)
"The surface generally covered with cilia, like the genus Stentor, from which it is distinguished by having that part of the parenchyma of the body which ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"To the family V. belongs the genus Stentor, having a trumpet-shaped body, and therefore receiving the popular name of Trumpet Animalcules. ..."

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