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heliozoan

noun

protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods

• Hypernyms: ↑actinopod

• Member Holonyms: ↑Heliozoa, ↑order Heliozoa

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adjective or noun

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/hee'lee euh zoh"euhn/, n.

1. a protozoan of the order Heliozoa, having a spherical body and radiating pseudopods.

adj.

2. Also, heliozoic /hee'lee euh zoh"ik/. belonging or pertaining to the Heliozoa.

[1890-95; < NL Heliozo(a) name of the group (see HELIO-, -ZOA) + -AN]

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heliozōˈan adjective and noun

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Main Entry: ↑helio-

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heliozoan, a. and n. Zool.

(hiːlɪəʊˈzəʊən)

[f. mod.L. Heliozōa n. pl., f. Gr. ἥλιος sun + ζῷον animal.]

A. adj. Belonging to the Heliozoa or sun-animalcules, a group of marine Radiolarians. B. n. One of the Heliozoa.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.