genus vorticella

English Thesaurus

1. ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	protoctist genus,
definition	:	any genus of Protoctista (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	vorticella,
definition	:	any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	ciliata, ciliophora, class ciliata, class ciliophora,
definition	:	class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle (noun.animal)