See Also: heliozoan(dictionary)

heliozoan (iou)



heliozoan noun & adjective. L19.
[from mod. Latin Heliozoa nounpl. (see below), from Greek helios sun + zoion animal: see -AN.]
A. noun. Any of the chiefly freshwater protozoans constituting the class Heliozoa, related to radiolarians and having spherical cells with long slender radial pseudopodia and often a siliceous test. L19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the class Heliozoa. L19.