Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wheel-animalcule.
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Examples
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_Homo_; Species _Rotifer infusorius_, -- the wheel-animal of infusions.
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If he is classified in the Linnaean scale, he must be set down thus: Genus Homo; Species Rotifer infusorius, the wheel-animal of infusions.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Linnaean scale, he must be set down thus: Genus Homo; Species Rotifer infusorius, the wheel-animal of infusions.
Elsie Venner Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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