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Cirri vs Hypotrich - What's the difference?

cirri | hypotrich |

As nouns the difference between cirri and hypotrich

is that cirri is (botany) tendrils or claspers while hypotrich is any of a group of ciliate protozoa included among the spirotrichs, mostly oval in shape with a rigid pellicle and isolated tufts of cirri on the ventral surface of the cell.

cirri

English

Noun

(head)
  • (botany) Tendrils or claspers.
  • (zoology) Grouped cilia that function as "legs" in certain species of protists.

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    hypotrich

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia hypotrich)
  • Any of a group of ciliate protozoa included among the spirotrichs, mostly oval in shape with a rigid pellicle and isolated tufts of cirri on the ventral surface of the cell.