radiolarian
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From translingual Radiolaria + -an.
Noun[edit]
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, page 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.
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Translations[edit]
marine protozoa
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