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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of heterotrichous ciliate Infusoria, of the family Bursarina, having a large peristome and well-marked anal aperture. Its species are found in the rectum of batrachians, the large intestine of man, and the cœloma of annelids.

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