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# rotifer

«rotifer» in Mova's school dictionary: **A tiny water animal, usually too small to see without a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a rotifer, rotifers)

### meaning for a pupil

(science) A tiny water animal, usually too small to see without a microscope, with a ring of little hairs at its head that wave and look like spinning wheels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotifer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, rotifers are seen under a microscope in pond water. They are animals, not bacteria, and some can dry out for years and come back to life when wet. The name means "wheel-bearer" in Latin. Phrases: pond rotifers, rotifers under the microscope.

### examples

- We saw rotifers in pond water under the microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotifer/#x1)
- A rotifer's hairs look like spinning wheels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotifer/#x2)
- Rotifers are animals, even though they are tiny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotifer/#x3)
- Some rotifers can survive drying out for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotifer/#x4)
- Fish eat rotifers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotifer/#x5)
- Our teacher showed us a video of rotifers feeding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotifer/#x6)

### note

Countable: a rotifer, rotifers. Pronounced "ROH-tuh-fer". Its "wheels" do not really spin; the hairs wave in a pattern that looks like spinning.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rotifer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotifer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.