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noun
Any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: actinopod
History
Etymology tree Translingual Radiolaria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English radiolarian From Translingual Radiolaria + English -an.
Across languages
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