Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • The wheel-animalcules: same as Rotifera.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) Same as rotifera.

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Examples

  • Or lastly by exciting its power of association with other parts of the system, as by a blister; which succeeds best when the extremities are cool; or by swinging, as in vertigo rotatoria.

    Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

  • The vertigo rotatoria described above, was induced by the rotation or undulation of external objects, and was attended with increased action of the primary link of the associated motions belonging to vision, and with consequent pleasure.

    Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

  • Which decreased action of the stomach is in consequence of the increased expenditure of the sensorial power on the irritative ideas of vision, as explained in Vertigo rotatoria.

    Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

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