Definitions for infusorian

infusorian in·fu·so·ri·an

Spelling: [in-fyoo-sawr-ee-uh n, -sohr-]
IPA: /ˌɪn fyʊˈsɔr i ən, -ˈsoʊr-/

Infusorian is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 396 anagrams from letters in infusorian (afiinnorsu).

Definitions for infusorian

noun

  1. any of the Infusoria.

adjective

  1. infusorial.

Origin of infusorian

First recorded in 1855-60; Infusori(a) + -an

Examples for infusorian

Now the single-celled infusorian is in many respects comparable with the single-celled germ of the higher animals.

The exchange of life-elements between two individuals is well illustrated in the case of the infusorian Noctiluca.

So far as we can see, therefore, everything that the infusorian feels at all, feels to him exactly like everything else.

In fact, the infusorian simply swallows whatever happens to hit his mouth.

Thus the plant, that seems to know two things, is twice as well off as the infusorian that knows only one.

The infusorian can be called potentially immortal, because of this method of reproduction.

This has been shown by the careful experiments of Maupas, who had observed 215 generations of an infusorian without sexual union.

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