sun animalcule

sun animalcule
a heliozoan.
[1865-70]

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  • heliozoan — /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… …   Universalium

  • Heliozoa — He li*o*zo a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the sun + zo^,on an animal.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of fresh water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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