Acinetae

Acinetae

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκίνητος (akínētos, “unmoved”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κινέω (kinéō, “I move”)

Proper noun

Acinetae

1. (obsolete) The Suctoria, as classified under the Infusoria.

Further reading

• Acinetae in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.