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rotifer

Any of the tiny invertebrates, also called ‘wheel animalcules’, of the phylum Rotifera. Mainly freshwater, some marine, rotifers have a ring of cilia that carries food to the mouth and also provides propulsion. They are the smallest of multicellular animals - few reach 0.05 cm/0.02 in.
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