RADIOLARIAN


Meaning of RADIOLARIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌrā-dē-ō-ˈler-ē-ən ]

noun

Date: 1875

: any of three classes (Acantharia, Polycystina, and Phaeodaria) of usually spherical chiefly planktonic marine protozoans having radiating threadlike pseudopodia and often a siliceous skeleton of spicules

• radiolarian adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.