trachelocerca

[Pref. trachelo-, and Gr. kerkosa tail.] Zool.: The type-genus of Trachelocercide (q. v.), with four species. Trachelocerca olor (= Vibrio proteus, V. olor, V. cygnus, Müll.) is from pond. water, T. vers a til is , T. phœnicopterus , and T. tenui coll is inhabit salt-water. trā-che-lô-çer-çi-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. trache locerc(a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Zool .: A family of Holotrichous Infusoria, with six genera. Animalcules free-swimming, flask shaped or elongate, soft and flexible, ciliate throughout; oral aperture terminal or sub-terminal. trā-che-lo-mon-ăs, s. [Pref. trachelo-, and Mod. Lat. monas (q. v.).] Zool.: A genus of Euglenia (or, as the family is now generally called, Euglenide), with several species, mostly from fresh water. Animalcules with trachinus one flagellum, plastic and changeable in form, enclosed within a free-floating sheath or lorica; endoplasm green, usually with a red pigment-spot at anterior extremity. trā-che-lô-phyl-li-dæ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. tra chelophyll ( um ): Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ .] Zool.: A family of Holotrichous Infusoria, with three genera. Flask-shaped, free-swimming ani malcules; ciliate throughout; oral aperture per for at ing the extremity of the anterior region. trā-che-lô-phyllum, s. [Pref. trachelo-, and Gr. phyllon =aleaf.] Zool .: The type-genus of Trachelophyllidæ, with two species, from pond and stagnant water.