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INFUSORIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Infusoria mean? 

INFUSORIA (noun)
  The noun INFUSORIA has 1 sense:

1. in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matterplay

  Familiarity information: INFUSORIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INFUSORIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Infusoria; subclass Infusoria

Hypernyms ("Infusoria" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Infusoria"):

infusorian (any member of the subclass Infusoria)

Holonyms ("Infusoria" is a member of...):

Ciliata; Ciliophora; class Ciliata; class Ciliophora (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)


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