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[Lat. is pertaining to a finger; digit us =a finger.] Zool .: A genus of ciliated Infusoria, belonging to the family Vorticellidæ, and characterized by the oblong, cylindrical, urn-shaped body surrounding a slender hollow stalk. They are commonly found growing on the backs of minute freshwater crusta ceans, such as the water-flea (Daphnia), ., whose movements are often seriously impeded by the num *1. The act of making ready, preparing, or be. ber of these Infusoria adhering to them. decking. IMG:content-2497.png:[blocks in formation] *2. Astron.: The twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; a term used to expre the quan tity or magnitude of an eclipse; thus an eclipse is said to be of six digits when one-half of the is red. dig'-it, v. t. [DIGIT, 8.] To point at with the finger. "I shall never care to be digited with 'That is he.' "Feltham: Resolves , pt. i., No. 28.