radiolarian
English
Etymology
From New Latin radiolaria + -an
Noun
radiolarian (plural radiolarians)
- Any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.188:
- Water wells inkblack in the streets repeating the polelamps in glozy rosettes that dish and slide in the wash like radiolarians pale with phosphorous on a midnight sea.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.188:
Translations
marine protozoa
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