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Infusoria

NOUN
  1. in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter

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  • Whether that sense took the form, scientifically, of a fascination with galvanism and electromagnetic storms, or of an interest in the role of the ‘animalcules’ and ‘infusoria,’ it clearly foreshadows twenty-first century science.
  • But the germs of these infusoria and molds can only come from the air, if the liquid is boiled, because the boiling destroys all those that were present in the container or which had been brought there by the liquid.
  • And it may be asked what advantage, as far as we can see, would it be to an infusorian animalcule -- to an intestinal worm, or even to an earthworm -- to be highly organized. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
  • I saw them here wading about in search of food — probably for the worms which burrow in the mud; and these latter probably feed on infusoria or confervae. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
  • At the destruction of Riobamba, in the year 1797, when the shocks were not attended by any outbreak of the neighboring volcano, a singular mass called the 'Moya' was uplifted from the earth in numerous continuous conical elevations, the whole being composed of carbon, crystals of augite, and the silicious shields of infusoria. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
  • H.J. Clark published a paper "On the Spongiae Ciliatae as Infusoria flagellata" in the "Mem. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
  • And it may be asked what advantage, as far as we can see, would it be to an infusorian animalcule—to an intestinal worm—or even to an earthworm, to be highly organised. IV. Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest. On the Degree to Which Organisation Tends to Advance
  • A single infusorian becomes in a week the ancestor of millions, that is to say, of far more individuals than could proceed under the most favourable conditions from a pair of elephants in five centuries, while Huxley calculated that the progeny of a single parthenogenetic aphis, under favouring circumstances, would in a few months outweigh the whole population of China. [ Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene
  • Parts of the lake seen from a short distance appeared of a reddish colour, and this perhaps was owing to some infusorial animalcula. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
  • A profound study of the motions of the Infusoria and a very penetrating criticism of the idea of tropism have been made recently by Evolution créatrice. English
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