Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Peritricha

Peritricha , noun, plural

[New Latin, from Greek peri` about + {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, hair.]

(Zoology) A division of ciliated Infusoria having a circle of cilia around the oral disk and sometimes another around the body. It includes the vorticellas. See Vorticella.