Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various aquatic, chiefly freshwater protozoans formerly classified in the class Heliozoa, characteristically having numerous spindlelike pseudopods that radiate from a central cell mass.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of a sunanimalcule; pertaining to the Heliozoa.
- noun A sun-animalcule; one of the Heliozoa.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of a group of
aquatic protozoans , of the orderHeliozoa , that have spherical bodies from which radiate spindlelikepseudopods
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Hēliozōa, former class name : helio– (from their shape) + -zōa, pl. of -zōon, -zoon.]
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word heliozoan.
Examples
-
Rhizochromulina's fellow Dictyophyceans include the silicoflagellate Dictyocha, a 'heliozoan'
Research Blogging - All Topics - English Psi Wavefunction, Skeptic Wonder 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.