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CILIATA (M. Pertz)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 365 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CILIATA
CILIATA (M. Pertz)

CILIATA (M. See also:
PERTZ, GEORG HEINRICH (1795-1876)
Pertz) , one of the two divisions of See also:

INFUSORIA

Infusoria, characterized by the permanent See also:

possession of See also:

CILIA (plural of Lat. cilium, eyelash)

cilia or See also:

ORGANS

organs derived from these (cirrhi, membranelles, &c.), and possessing a single mouth (except in the Opalinopsidae, all parasitic) . They are the most highly differentiated among the See also:

PROTOZOA (Gr. 7rpwros, first, and i'woe, living thing)

Protozoa .

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