# rotifer

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.

## Etymology
From Latin rota (“wheel”) + -fer (“-bearing”), after Italian rotifero.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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