A minute multicellular aquatic animal of the phylum Rotifera.
Example sentencesExamples
It is particularly common amongst arthropods and rotifers, and can also be found in some species of fish, amphibians, birds, and reptiles, but not in mammals.
In experiments using adult rotifers, we have shown that reciprocity held as long as no significant photoreactivation was observed.
The protein/lipid ratio is in the range found for rotifers, small multicelled fresh water organisms.
Ludwig's plan also calls for growing rotifers and copepod nauplii in ponds or indoor tanks and redesigning a device called a rotating drum filter to harvest them.
Mammals cannot regenerate lost limbs, although they do have a limited capacity to replace the ends of digits, and nematodes and rotifers cannot regenerate at all.
Definition of rotifer in US English:
rotifer
nounˈroʊdəfərˈrōdəfər
Zoology
A minute multicellular aquatic animal of the phylum Rotifera.
Example sentencesExamples
Mammals cannot regenerate lost limbs, although they do have a limited capacity to replace the ends of digits, and nematodes and rotifers cannot regenerate at all.
In experiments using adult rotifers, we have shown that reciprocity held as long as no significant photoreactivation was observed.
It is particularly common amongst arthropods and rotifers, and can also be found in some species of fish, amphibians, birds, and reptiles, but not in mammals.
The protein/lipid ratio is in the range found for rotifers, small multicelled fresh water organisms.
Ludwig's plan also calls for growing rotifers and copepod nauplii in ponds or indoor tanks and redesigning a device called a rotating drum filter to harvest them.