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has gloss | eng: Holotrichs are ciliate protozoa that have relatively uniform cilia over their body, and lack or only have a few prominent oral membranelles. Most of the major lines of ciliates are holotrichous. They do not form a natural group, so the term is now used only as a physical description, although it has appeared in many earlier classifications. They were one of two orders in the classification of ciliates introduced by Otto Bütschli in 1889: |
lexicalization | eng: holotrich |
instance of | (noun) a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell ciliated protozoan, ciliate, ciliophoran |
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