HELIOZOAN


Meaning of HELIOZOAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhē-lē-ə-ˈzō-ən ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Heliozoa, from heli- (I) + -zoa

Date: circa 1889

: any of a class (Heliozoa) of free-living spherical usually freshwater protozoans that reproduce by binary fission or budding

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