HELIOZOAN

heliozoan

(noun) protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

heliozoan (plural heliozoans)

Any of a group of aquatic protozoans, of the order Heliozoa, that have spherical bodies from which radiate spindlelike pseudopods

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