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Noun: subclass Infusoria
  1. In some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter
    - Infusoria

Type of: class

Part of: Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora

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subclass Elasmobranchii
subclass Entomostraca
subclass Euascomycetes
subclass Euryalida
subclass Eutheria
subclass Exopterygota
subclass Hamamelidae
subclass Heterobasidiomycetes
subclass Holocephali
subclass Homobasidiomycetes
subclass Infusoria
subclass Lepidosauria
subclass Liliidae
subclass Magnoliidae
subclass Malacostraca
subclass Metatheria
subclass Ophiurida
subclass Opisthobranchia
subclass Ostracoda
subclass Pantotheria
subclass Phytomastigina