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) Subclass Suctoria, as classified under the class Infusoria.

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “Acinetae”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.