车轮虫

車輪蟲
chēlúnchóng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Trichodina (ciliate fish parasite)
  2. 2 peritrich ciliate

Examples

Chēlúnchóngbìng shì dànshuǐyúlèi chángjiàn de jìshēngchóngbìng.
Trichodina disease is a common parasitic illness in freshwater fish.
Xiǎnwēijìng xià de chēlúnchóng xíng sì xiǎo chēlún.
Under the microscope, Trichodina look like little wheels.

Tips

memory
The name is perfectly literal: under a microscope Trichodina has a ring of cilia and a toothed adhesive disk that looks like a spinning cartwheel — 车轮 (cartwheel) + (creature).

Stroke Order

chē
lún
chóng