vorticella
Noun
Meaning
Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
plasmodium
leishmania
giardia
stentor
paramecium
entamoeba
cryptosporidium
euglena
toxoplasma
balantidium
colpidium colpoda
blepharisma
didinium
dientamoeba
trichonympha